40: Chapter 40 Inviting the Enemy into the Trap
Less than three hundred meters away from Yun Zhuo, Scar Brother was staring at his drone controller while speaking irritably to his two henchmen:
"Stop dawdling! Hurry up and kill those beasts so we can go find that brat."
"Boss, I'm telling you, a Level 10 brat is not worth you making this trip personally."
The other one chimed in: "Boss, why don't we just wait for the brat in the town? Why run all the way out here to eat sand? I'm sure he'll go to town today."
"You idiots, didn't you hear Young Master Chen? That brat is a top student at Seventeenth Middle School. Seventeenth Middle School has high hopes for him in this year's Martial Arts Examination.
His status is more sensitive than an ordinary person's. If things get blown out of proportion, are you going to be the scapegoat, or is A-Biao going to be?"
Upon hearing this, the two didn't dare to delay, quickly raising their blades and cutting down the dozen or so Level 15 Mutated Beasts in front of them.
From the moment Yun Zhuo and Wu Song left the city, their movements were being transmitted in real-time to Scar Brother's subordinates.
There was a sentry tower every five kilometers outside the city, and everything within a 2.5-kilometer radius was under the surveillance of the sentry towers.
In the eyes of ordinary people, they were the guards protecting Dawn City, but for the Chen family, as long as they gave the word, they were their eyes and ears.
Scar Brother, whose real name was Liao Hu, was ostensibly the leader of an Adventure Group, but in secret, he was a black glove who specialized in doing dirty work for the upper class.
Chen Kun was his old employer. He couldn't handle major affairs, but when it came to helping Chen Kun with dirty work like violent evictions, he had it in the bag.
Moreover, he felt that Chen Kun appreciated him. Last time he ran into Chen Kun smoking a cigar, he even asked him if he wanted one.
That was a Cuban cigar, said to cost over ten thousand yuan each. Smoking such a cigar would be a complete waste.
So, he had treasured that cigar until now, unable to bring himself to throw it away even though it had grown mold.
That was, after all, a testament to the fact that the head of the Chen family appreciated him.
This time, Young Master Chen had entrusted him with a task.
A brat named Yun Zhuo had offended him. He wanted him to cripple the kid first to amuse him, and then he would finish the kid off himself.
If it was too difficult, killing him directly was also fine.
Look, Young Master Chen was just like his father, so considerate of us bottom-feeders.
At such a young age, he already knew how to be humble and respectful to subordinates. In the future, with him leading the Chen family, taking it to the next level would be easy; they were destined to soar and become the sole power in Dawn City.
Since Young Master Chen was so considerate of him, he naturally had to work hard to get the job done well and not let Young Master Chen down.
Even though A-Biao alone could have handled this brat, he insisted on making the trip himself, doing his best to make the job look perfect.
He brought A-Biao and Luo Zi to the Sunset Plain and only dared to come up after waiting for Wu Song to leave.
It wasn't that I, Liao Hu, was afraid of Wu Song, I just didn't want any complications.
No matter how powerful Wu Song was, he was only one person, while I, Liao Hu, had an Adventure Group with over fifty people, all of whom were over Level 20. We could wear him down to death.
Charging onto the Sunset Plain, he didn't see the brat Yun Zhuo, but instead ran into a group of Level 15 Mutated Beasts.
Just as he was urging A-Biao and Luo Zi to hurry up, Yun Zhuo had already quietly snuck up behind them.
He and Teacher Su were hiding in a patch of tumbleweeds, watching them fight a group of Mutated Beasts from afar.
"Two at Earth Rank Lower Grade Level 25, and one at Earth Rank High Grade Level 37. It looks like this won't be easy."
Teacher Su looked at Yun Zhuo in surprise: "How do you know that? Did you learn the Qi Observation Technique? How come I didn't know about it?"
The corners of Yun Zhuo's mouth curled up slightly: "Teacher Su, do I have to tell you everything? You're not my wife."
"You..." Teacher Su bit her lip and reached out to pinch the soft flesh on Yun Zhuo's waist: "What did you say? Say that again."
You heartless little scumbag, I let you kiss me just last night, and today you're already denying it?
"Hiss~ Teacher Su, why do you always like pinching people? Tell me, with you being like this, who would dare to marry you besides me?"
"Hmph~" Teacher Su let go triumphantly: "Even if you wanted to marry me, I wouldn't be willing to marry you."
"Really?"
"Fake. Stop talking, the opponent's drone is coming over."
Yun Zhuo saw the drone fly over their heads and reached out to pull Teacher Su up: "Let's go, we've been discovered."
The two of them were hiding in the tumbleweeds, and although you couldn't see them from the outside, under the thermal imaging of the drone, they were clearly exposed.
He had Teacher Su transform into a flying motorcycle, climbed onto her, and took off.
"Xiao Zhuo, where are we going? At a time like this, shouldn't we be heading to the sentry tower?"
Yun Zhuo said in a deep voice: "If they had followed us here, Wu Song couldn't have not known. So how do you think they knew we were here?"
"The sentry tower sent them our coordinates?"
"Exactly. Going to the sentry tower now would be walking right into a trap. Remember when we first went to the town and that Scar Brother killed someone in the middle of the street? Even the Patrol Officers gave him cigarettes, let alone those sentries in the towers."
"Then where are we going now? Back to the school base? Then we need to be faster; this is too slow."
"Going back to the base is just delaying the inevitable. We're going to the Temple of the God of Wealth. We can use the terrain there to kill them once and for all."
On the other side, as soon as Liao Hu saw Yun Zhuo trying to escape, he immediately said to his two henchmen: "Let's go!"
After saying that, he had his War Princess transform into a Mecha Wolf, mounted her, and took off.
"Wait for us, Boss! Where are we going? Are we not crippling the brat anymore?"
"Damn it, it's all because of you two idiots! We've already been discovered by that brat. Hurry up and chase him!"
Upon hearing this, the two also quickly had their War Princesses transform into Mecha Wolves and followed closely behind Liao Hu as they charged down the Sunset Plain.
Yun Zhuo looked at the dust rising behind him through the rearview mirror of the flying motorcycle, the corners of his mouth curling up slightly.
He twisted the throttle with his right hand and suddenly accelerated.
Don't look at the fact that their Ranks are much higher than mine; when it comes to speed, if they can even see Teacher Su's taillights, I'll consider myself the loser.
Behind him, Liao Hu saw Yun Zhuo suddenly accelerate and shrink into a small black dot in the blink of an eye, and he was immediately anxious.
He drew his combat blade and slapped his War Princess hard on the butt, telling her to hurry up and run faster while carrying him.
Behind him, Luo Zi and A-Biao followed suit, their combat blades slapping against their mounts' backsides, each louder than the last.
Seeing that they couldn't catch up no matter what, Yun Zhuo slowed down a bit.
Liao Hu, who was behind, saw Yun Zhuo's speed slow down and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
I knew it, how could a Level 10 brat run faster than me? It turns out his explosive power is amazing, but his endurance is lacking.
He led his subordinates in a full-speed dash, biting down hard on Yun Zhuo's taillights and refusing to let go.
The wind whipped up dust on the wasteland, and the yellow smoke raised by both sides tore through the vast world like two yellow Dragons.
In his memory, the last time Liao Hu and his men ran for their lives like this was when they were chased by a group of Level 30 Mutated Beasts. Those who ran slowly died, and only those who ran fast, like them, were lucky enough to save their lives.
But today's scene, even he himself felt was absurd; they were actually chasing a brat who was only Level 10.
What made him even more envious was that the brat's War Princess's first form was actually a flying vehicle!
A pale blue light trail streaked across the ground, steady as if it were taking a stroll on flat ground. Liao Hu watched that agile afterimage, his eyes turning green with envy.
He looked down at the Mecha Wolf beneath him, its four mechanical legs sprinting at high speed on the gravel, shaking him so hard his internal organs were about to turn over.
Seeing the Temple of the God of Wealth getting closer and closer, Yun Zhuo slowed down again. When Liao Hu and the others were about to catch up, he suddenly accelerated again, crossing the Temple of the God of Wealth in one breath.