Translator: AnubisTL
A volley of shots rang out.
Seeing no movement from inside the SUV, the ten soldiers exchanged glances and nodded in unison.
One soldier strode forward, pulled a small, white pill from his pocket—resembling a compressed towel—and tossed it directly into the SUV.
The next moment—
A dense cloud of white smoke erupted inside the vehicle!
The thick flames that had been raging were quickly engulfed by the smoke, which then slowly dissipated.
Within seconds, the SUV, which had been engulfed in flames moments before, was now a charred wreck, its black skeleton still smoldering.
The soldier who had stepped forward cautiously approached the SUV, gun raised. He peered inside, his gaze sweeping across the interior before pausing in surprise, as if witnessing something unbelievable.
He then leaned half his body into the vehicle, scanned the interior again, and finally withdrew, his expression one of shock and disbelief. He turned to his teammates.
"No one's inside!"
"No one's inside?!"
In the conference room of City 18, the city's leader and other officials watched the footage transmitted from the soldiers' helmet cameras, their faces grim as they murmured in low voices.
"Why is the vehicle empty?"
"Did they jump out mid-journey?"
"Impossible!"
A man beside them quickly added, his expression grim, "Our cameras have been tracking that SUV continuously. There's no way they could have jumped out without us noticing."
"Besides, their SUV was traveling at maximum speed the entire time. Jumping out at that speed would be suicidal."
"Unless... they have an item that allows spatial teleportation."
"Wait—"
A man sitting nearby suddenly spoke up, his expression strange. "A few days ago, an item shop in City 18 was robbed."
"When the enforcers surrounded the shop, they found no criminals inside."
"The surveillance cameras in the surrounding streets didn't capture any footage of the criminals breaking through a window to escape, and there were no tunnels beneath the shop."
"The Law Enforcement Bureau is still trying to figure out how the criminals vanished into thin air."
"Now it seems the most likely explanation is that they possessed an item capable of spatial teleportation."
"And that group of criminals was very likely the human player!"
"No one's inside!"
The soldier who checked the SUV recoiled in shock upon finding it empty. He turned to his teammates and announced the startling news.
But a moment later, his expression shifted to renewed shock as he shouted, "Someone's here!"
One of the eight soldiers standing nearby snapped, "Is there someone or not? You—"
His words were cut short.
Bang!
A muffled gunshot rang out.
Before the soldier could finish his sentence, a bullet from behind instantly exploded his head.
That single shot was like the first raindrop before a downpour.
A hail of bullets erupted from behind the group, engulfing them all.
Caught completely off guard, the soldiers didn't even have time to turn before collapsing into pools of blood.
"Even lions know to protect their asses when facing hyenas," Scar Dog shrugged, lifting his shotgun and resting it against his neck. He gazed at the blood-soaked corpses littering the ground, shaking his head with a sigh. "Why couldn't you understand?"
It all started when the two rockets were about to hit them.
He activated his innate ability, immediately teleporting himself and Brother Jiang out of the off-road vehicle.
His ability was Energy Drive.
[Energy Drive: Consumes energy blocks to open a spatial portal, allowing random teleportation within a limited area. The distance of the teleportation varies depending on the star rating of the energy block used.]
This ability could be incredibly useful in certain situations, like the one they were in now.
The only drawback was the unpredictable nature of the random teleportation, which could be quite troublesome.
In fact, he had used the ability twice in quick succession.
The first time, he and Brother Jiang materialized directly in front of an armored vehicle, about to be crushed to death. Reacting swiftly, he activated Energy Drive again, teleporting them to a thicket of bushes behind the vehicle.
"Such a massive space for so few people?" Scar Dog asked, his expression odd as he gazed at the sizable armored vehicle.
"Who knows?" Chen Jiang shrugged casually, pulling a gun from his coat. He aimed at the armored vehicle and squeezed the trigger.
Bang.
A muffled gunshot echoed as a bolt of blue-tinged lightning struck the vehicle, surging across its armored hull.
[Item Name: Interference Stun Gun]
[Item Tier: One-Star Item]
[Item Restriction: Single-Use Item]
[Item Effect: Temporarily disables electronic components in mechanical devices upon impact.]
[Item Description: With this, you'll never have to worry about taxis that wave at you but refuse to stop again.]
This was an item they had seized from the item shop during their previous operation. Instead of using it to enhance their turrets, they had kept it in reserve.
Now, it had finally proven useful.
Of course, the effect was only temporary. They needed to quickly remove the signal transmitter from the armored vehicle during this brief window.
Once the transmitter was removed, the armored vehicle would belong to them completely.
No matter how hard City 18 tried, they wouldn't be able to influence the armored vehicle in the slightest.
Soon, the two had removed the signal transmitter.
They installed the turret on the armored vehicle's roof.
Chen Jiang plopped into the driver's seat, slammed his foot on the accelerator, and the armored vehicle immediately executed a 180-degree turn, hurtling back toward City 18 at full speed!
"The human race believes in reciprocity," Chen Jiang muttered, grinning as the outlines of City 18's residential district grew clearer. "Now—"
"Please enjoy."
(End of the Chapter)
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