180: Be aboveboard

“You guys take the corn seedlings onto the helicopter first.”

By this time, Qin Shi Lei had already killed the last silver beetle, and he and Zhang Xiaoli once again stood in front, blocking the attacking Scythe Beetles.

Han Hongyu immediately, along with one of his subordinates, each picked up a small bucket containing corn seedlings and climbed into the helicopter.

Zeng Deyuan watched Han Hongyu, who was holding the corn seedlings and climbing into the helicopter, his face sinking as he said fiercely, “Boss, why don’t we leave those two here to fend for themselves? That way, no one will compete with us for the mutated corn.”

Upon hearing this, Han Hongyu’s face immediately showed a hint of indecision.

It wasn’t just because he wanted to monopolize the mutated corn; he was also afraid that the other party might harbor ill intentions after leaving this place.

If the other party truly relied on their strength to monopolize the mutated corn and decided to wipe them all out, they probably wouldn’t have any power to resist.

Zeng Deyuan persuaded him again, “Boss, as long as we make the helicopter ascend quickly, they can only stay below and feed the bugs.”

“Boss, decide quickly, they are about to climb up.”

Han Hongyu’s expression kept changing, but he couldn't make up his mind for a while.

Zeng Deyuan approached the helicopter door, pulled out his long saber, and looked at the base of the rope ladder: “Boss, as soon as our people climb into the helicopter, I’ll just give a light cut, and they’ll be dead for sure.”

“Boss, he said his surname is Qin, and his strength is so terrifying. Could he be the number one person on the ranking list?” The person who had just climbed up with the corn seedlings suddenly spoke.

“Qin Shi Lei? It must be him.”

Han Hongyu said, frowning.

After a pause, he added, “Deyuan, sit down quickly. I, Han Hongyu, am honorable and upright; how could I do such a treacherous thing?”

In his heart, however, he was intimidated by the other party’s terrifying strength just now, fearing that the other party might have some unknown trump cards, and he was unwilling to risk offending them.

No sooner had he finished speaking than he saw a silver beetle quickly running from afar, leaping towards Qin Shi Lei, who was climbing at the very bottom.

Just as Han Hongyu thought Qin Shi Lei would be knocked down by the beetle and fall, he suddenly lost sight of him.

Qin Shi Lei’s familiar voice suddenly rang in his ears, “Zhang Xiaoli, give me your hand.”

“Ah!” Han Hongyu asked in surprise, “How did you suddenly appear here?”

“Just a blink.” Qin Shi Lei also pulled Zhang Xiaoli into the helicopter.

After a pause, he asked again, “I seem to have heard something about being honorable and upright, and betraying trust just now. You didn’t have any bad ideas, did you?”

“No, absolutely not.” Han Hongyu waved both hands repeatedly, quickly explaining, “We were just saying that Brother Qin, you are an honorable and upright person.”

“Haha, don’t overthink it. There are two mutated corn plants, so I won’t harm you because of this.”

Qin Shi Lei said with a reassuring smile.

“Yes, yes, my timid subordinate just overthinks things.” Han Hongyu casually agreed, but he was secretly relieved.

Fortunately, he didn’t listen to Zeng Deyuan’s suggestion just now, otherwise, he might have been kicked off the helicopter by the other party and died below.

Zeng Deyuan also retreated into the helicopter, his eyes darting away.

Damn it, he actually tried to kill the number one person on the ranking list, and the other party even had the unique skill of teleportation, so he couldn’t be killed at all.

Perhaps the other party could instantly kill him with just one move.

Fortunately, the helicopter’s noise was loud enough that he hadn’t heard what he had just said.

While Han Hongyu and his group were uneasy, Qin Shi Lei and Zhang Xiaoli were already circling the corn seedling, studying it.

“Zhang Xiaoli, can this corn survive after leaving its original soil?” Qin Shi Lei asked with some concern.

“It should be fine, after all, it’s almost fully mature.” Zhang Xiaoli replied while injecting wood-attribute ability into the corn.

“That’s good.” Qin Shi Lei stood up and said to Han Hongyu, “Can you have the helicopter fly towards Nanzhuang City and drop us off after we leave the bug-infested area?”

“So Brother Qin, you’re from Nanzhuang City.”

Han Hongyu hurriedly replied, “Of course I can.”

Just as the helicopter turned and flew towards Nanzhuang City, they suddenly saw a dense, dark mass in the sky ahead rushing towards them.

“Quick, quick, turn to avoid them.”

Han Hongyu’s face changed dramatically as he anxiously shouted to the pilot.

Although they didn't know what kind of animals that group was, the seasoned group already understood that they couldn't fight flying animals in the sky, or they would end up with a crashed plane and dead people.

The pilot had already steered the helicopter diagonally to avoid the animals’ flight path even before Han Hongyu gave the order.

“Qin Ge, that group of things seems to be targeting us.”

Zhang Xiaoli noticed that no matter how the pilot changed direction, the flock of birds always pursued them.

The only fortunate thing was that because they noticed in time, the animals hadn't caught up to them yet, but the distance between them was constantly shortening.

As the distance shortened, through the binoculars, everyone finally saw clearly that it was a flock of fist-sized birds, numbering at least tens of thousands.

Although the birds were not large, their beaks were very long, about ten centimeters.

Twenty minutes later.

The flock of birds had already approached fifty meters behind the helicopter.

“Boss, land quickly.” Zeng Deyuan said, his face pale.

Han Hongyu looked up at Qin Shi Lei, asking for his opinion with his eyes.

Qin Shi Lei leaned out to look down; below was a small town, but occasionally, a few Scythe Beetles could still be seen roaming the roads.

Logically, with the helicopter's flying speed, they should have left the bug-infested area.

However, just now, to avoid the birds behind them, the pilot fled in a panic and didn't know where he was flying, which led to them still finding bugs below.

Qin Shi Lei thought for a moment and said, “Find a place to land.”

Han Hongyu observed below for a moment, then pointed to a building of more than ten floors and said, “Let’s land in the open space near there.”

As their helicopter descended there, another helicopter followed closely behind.

“Qin Ge, that flock of birds has caught up to the helicopter behind us.” Zhang Xiaoli suddenly spoke.

Qin Shi Lei looked up and saw that the flock of birds suddenly accelerated, like swordfish, striking the helicopter with their sharp beaks.

Puff, puff, puff!

Everyone seemed to hear a series of impacts.

Under the high-speed impact, those birds surprisingly didn't die; instead, they left many small holes on the plane.

“Quick, hide inside the building.”

As soon as the plane landed, Qin Shi Lei immediately picked up one of the corn seedlings, pulled Zhang Xiaoli, and rushed towards the building in front.

Han Hongyu and his group followed closely and rushed inside.

At this moment, the other helicopter had just landed on the ground.

However, facing the dense swarm of birds surrounding them outside, the four people inside the helicopter dared not open the cabin door.

“Run! Staying there is a dead end!” Han Hongyu turned his head and shouted, then continued to turn and rush into the building.

As soon as Qin Shi Lei rushed into the building, a Scythe Beetle suddenly lunged at him.

“Get out of my way!”

He kicked the opponent fiercely, sending it flying.

The beetle flew seven or eight meters through the air, crashed into the wall behind it, embedding itself directly into the wall, and immediately died.

Qin Shi Lei pulled Zhang Xiaoli, climbed directly to the fifteenth floor in one breath, twisted open a suite, rushed in, closed the door, and then drew the curtains over the window.