74: Chapter 74 'Gift'

Chapter 74: "Greeting"

The ones coming down the slope first were the path-clearing motorcycle riders. Three riders formed a triangular formation, speeding down the downhill road while kicking up rolling dust from their rear.

Although the three of them were driving, upon closer inspection, one could find that their gazes were like falcons, carefully scouting the surrounding situation.

The motorcycle riders were the scouts of the Three Wolves Gang, either used for scouting locations and reporting messages, or as they were doing now, responsible for clearing the way for the plundering convoy of the Three Wolves Gang to prevent the entire team from being ambushed.

Right now, the Three Wolves Gang was not just simply setting off on a march, but going to attack the Outpost Camp. For such an operation, they were actually cautious enough to let the motorcycle riders act as the vanguard, which showed how crafty and seasoned Zhou Lin was, truly a veteran slicker on the wasteland.

"Motorcycles are indeed good things."

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Wang Ting saw these motorcycles, and his eyes lit up slightly.

If they had these things, then the armaments of the Outpost Camp would be even more complete.

Everyone's gazes followed the movement of the motorcycles. After the three motorcycles quickly drove past about forty to fifty meters, an off-road vehicle and the convoy behind it began to enter their field of vision.

The convoy followed the motorcycles and quickly arrived near the location where Wang Ting and his convoy had stayed just moments ago.

"Not good." Dong Hu's expression changed slightly, and he lowered his voice, "Captain, our tire tracks weren't completely covered just now."

They had left too hurriedly just now; being able to avoid the convoy of the Three Wolves Gang already showed a quick enough reaction.

But this was, after all, dried gravel land, not a true desert. When a car drove past, it would leave tire tracks. Although the surrounding yellow sand covered part of the marks, and the tire tracks hadn't become overly obvious because of that, these probably wouldn't escape the eyes of an expert.

Feng Bo, who was at the side, was calmer: "Let's wait and see. Other convoys also take this road, so they might not necessarily notice."

Just as Feng Bo said, when the riders of the vanguard troops swept past those tire tracks, they didn't stop at all.

Perhaps the rolling dust on the wasteland obscured their vision, or perhaps, as Feng Bo anticipated, they didn't expect these to be cars driven out by people from the Outpost Camp, and quickly ignored these traces.

Dong Hu, Feng Bo, and the others breathed a sigh of relief, gripping their rifles tightly in their hands as they began to ponder whether the captain was going to ambush the Three Wolves Gang for a wave.

Meanwhile, within the convoy of the Three Wolves Gang, Zhou Lin felt an increasingly uneasy sensation in his heart.

His gaze was like a wild wolf's, vigilantly sweeping left and right, and he immediately noticed several shallow tire tracks on the road.

"A convoy passed through this place not long ago. Were they heading to Chechang Town, or did they want to go to Huangyan Town?"

The location of Ash Valley was actually stuck right in the middle of the roads from many Shelters to Chechang Town and Huangyan Town. By choosing this location, they more or less intended to facilitate plundering.

It wasn't strange to have tire tracks on the road; a lot of the time, when they tracked convoys and ambushed other Shelters, they also relied on these traces.

But for some reason, today's tire tracks made him feel a bit uneasy.

His peripheral vision swept around, his gaze condensing as he unexpectedly noticed a set of tire tracks deviating from the main road. His heart immediately skipped a beat, and a sense of vigilance surged into his mind.

"Stop the cars, go on alert!"

Zhou Lin's sudden shout to stop made the entire convoy hurriedly slam on the brakes, and the kicked-up dust completely engulfed the convoy. Bai Shou, not understanding why, prepared to get out of the car, but was grabbed by Zhou Lin and pressed back down into his seat.

"Big Bro, what's wrong?"

"Those tire tracks bypassed the main road. This isn't normal; there might be a problem with this place."

An ominous premonition enveloped Zhou Lin's heart.

After the convoy stopped, those tire tracks became even more obvious. After careful inspection, they found it wasn't just one track, but several sets of tire tracks. Following those cars were probably one or two other vehicles; all of them had deviated from the main road and circled around to the position of the slope.

The guarding motorcycle riders quickly drove closer, stopped beside Zhou Lin's off-road vehicle, and asked in a deep voice, "Leader, is there a situation?"

"Take three men to check the slope over there. Tell everyone else, no one is allowed to get out of the car."

Zhou Lin's words made everyone's expressions change, and even Bai Shou beside him turned solemn.

The motorcycle rider had a solemn expression: "Understood, Boss."

The motorcycle rider immediately called his subordinates and rushed toward the direction of that slope.

Everyone in the cars felt like every day was like a year. A tense atmosphere had already enveloped everyone's hearts, and Bai Shou couldn't help asking, "Big Bro, are you saying someone is laying an ambush?"

"I don't know."

Zhou Lin gripped the rifle on his body tightly, his gaze like a falcon's, sweeping across the surrounding environment with a critical eye.

His car seat leaned back slightly, and his head was also hidden behind the frame, hardly exposing his figure.

Before the situation was clear, not getting out of the car was the best method. His off-road vehicle had welded steel plates, and ordinary weapons would definitely pose no threat to him.

"What a crafty wolf, discovering the traces so quickly."

Wang Ting watched the three motorcycles driving up the slope. At this time, they were still at the bottom of the slope, and looking upward, their vision was limited, so they temporarily couldn't discover the positions of the combat members of the Outpost Camp. But if they came up a bit more, the situation would be different.

It was somewhat regrettable that they failed to ambush the Three Wolves Gang. Hiding on the side of the road was his temporary decision to avoid a sudden encounter battle. This was already the best choice, it's just that there was no time to clean up the traces on the road, otherwise, they could have given the Three Wolves Gang a harsh blow.

Wang Ting had long since taken out the corpse hound sniper rifle and brought it with him. Now, he had already set up his gun and aimed at the convoy.

Seeing the motorcycle riders constantly approaching, he didn't worry in the least; instead, an expression of excitement appeared on his face.

He said to Feng Bo, Dong Hu, and Xiang Nan beside him: "I'll count to three, and you guys open fire and knock down those three motorcycle riders. Don't hit the cars; I want the vehicles, and as for the riders, send them on their way."

"Understood."

Dong Hu, Feng Bo, and the three of them all had excitement on their faces. Although the number of people in the Three Wolves Gang was several times theirs, after opening fire in a moment, a fierce firefight might be necessary.

But looking at the scarlet sniper rifle in Wang Ting's hand, its muzzle like a small cannon, with this thing in hand, let alone the three leaders of the Three Wolves Gang being secondary limit-breaking warriors, even if it were a leader-level individual monster, it would still have to weigh its own weight again.

More importantly, this wasn't a siege battle right now. There were no heavy weapon threats and no other means of obstruction. Encountering their captain in such an open place, what difference was it from encountering a tiger empty-handed?

If you encounter a tiger, you can at least try to slide and tackle it, but when a secondary limit-breaking warrior encounters an Extraordinary like Wang Ting, it was truly a one-way trip with no return.

The three motorcycle riders were getting closer and closer. When they reached fifty meters, they had vaguely sensed that something was wrong. Whether it was instinctual intuition or because there were too many sand particles on the slope, it made their vehicle speed slow down slightly.

Bang, bang, bang—

Feng Bo, Dong Hu, and Xiang Nan moved almost simultaneously. Accompanied by the sparks lighting up from the muzzles, bullets tore through the dry air, and with a soft, piercing sound, they penetrated the heads of the three riders.

The gunshot instantly startled the convoy below. Everyone in the Three Wolves Gang fell into a state of alert, successively picking up the weapons in their hands.

The motorcycle riders laid their motorcycles down to use as cover. The people in the cars opened the doors, scrambled to the other side of the vehicles, and hid using the cars as cover.

"May I ask which path of friends you are? We all make a living on the blade's edge; could it be that we've offended our own people?"

Escaping from the second car was Kang Quan. He hid his entire body behind the car without sticking his head out, carefully peering through the car's window to look at the situation on the slope.

According to their plan, after passing this area and getting close to the direction of the main road, he would split off a team of his own to intercept Scarecrow Town toward the direction of Fengyan Slope.

He didn't expect that as soon as they arrived here, they would encounter a surprise attack, which made his expression gloomy to the extreme.

"Three Wolves Gang, go fuck your mother! You sent people to scout on your own, wanted to attack our Outpost Camp, and now you still want to attack us? Who is your brother?"

Dong Hu, upon receiving Wang Ting's signal, cursed loudly on the slope.

Among the Three Wolves Gang convoy, the expressions of Zhou Lin, Kang Quan, and Bai Shou changed slightly.

They actually took the initiative to launch an expedition overnight; could this be wanting to wipe out our old lair?

"Friends of Scarecrow Town, truly good skills."

Zhou Lin took over the conversation, attempting to seize the initiative in the dialogue. He lowered his hand and waved it left and right. Kang Quan, from the position of the second car, caught a glimpse of the movement of his hand and silently nodded.

Kang Quan reached out and pushed several subordinates beside him, signaling them to sneak around from the back of the convoy to the rear of the slope.

Upon receiving the signal, the subordinates immediately bypassed toward the back of the slope. Their convoy was long enough, and there were still one or two vehicles actually at a slightly higher position. If they acted, it really wouldn't be very easy to attract attention.

Seeing Kang Quan take action, Zhou Lin continued to stall for time: "Is the one leading the team Brother Zhao Kun or Brother Fan Da? You discovered a new Infinite Building and didn't even tell us about it. Making a fortune in silence is a good thing, but I'm afraid the two of you can't hold onto this thing, right? Why not yield some of it so our two families can explore it together."

The slope was about 200 meters away from the convoy. At this time, knowing that the ambushers were from Scarecrow Town, Zhou Lin also slightly relaxed his vigilance.

No matter how strong Scarecrow Town was, the only strong ones were Zhao Kun and Fan Da. At this distance, it was safe.

Wang Ting held the anti-materiel sniper rifle, having already captured Zhou Lin's position from the scope, cold light glistening in his eyes.

From his Vibration Perception, he had already sensed that someone was preparing to bypass from the side. Knowing that Zhou Lin was stalling for time, the killing intent in his heart was immediately sealed.

"What a pity for my car."

As his voice fell, he slammed his finger onto the trigger. With a loud bang, smoke like mist enveloped his figure, and the kicked-up dust made Dong Hu and the others swallow a mouthful of ash.

The large-caliber bullet of the anti-materiel sniper rifle cut across the sky at an extremely fast speed, landing precisely at the position where Zhou Lin had just spoken.

With another loud bang, the sturdy off-road vehicle seemed to have been hit by something; the car body swayed, and parts scattered and broke apart.

Instinctual fear had just surged into the heart of Zhou Lin, who was hiding behind the car, causing the hair all over his body to stand on end, before he could even react.

The next second, with a bang, his entire body was blasted into a bloody mist, flesh and blood flying everywhere, and his upper body directly vanished into thin air.

Bai Shou at the side was splashed all over with that flesh and blood, staying frozen in place, looking toward the slope position in terror.

"Open fire! Open fire! They have heavy weapons!"