Chapter Forty-Three: Seizing the Car
After passing several levels, everyone in the team was in a relaxed mood, but Yu Shuang still reminded them to prepare for battle in the public channel.
They were already close to the outskirts of the county. In the distance, they could see the silhouette of a city on the flat, barren grassland, while closer by, there were scattered, collapsed factory buildings and a small train station.
A few kilometers ahead lies the junction of the highway and the railway. The highway is on the upper level, but the viaduct has long since collapsed. Vehicles must drive into the grass, down a steep slope, and then over gravel and the railway tracks to cross the border.
The convoy now has three reconnaissance drones flying in the air, each capable of monitoring a wave of Fallen Insects.
The group at the front, which had been observing, has now started moving, while the other two groups have quickened their pace.
This felt too much like receiving an order. After Yu Shuang's report, the team's relaxed mood vanished, and everyone held their breath in concentration.
"I sensed a wave of insects in my field of vision. There's a car to the south, and they're chasing us at an angle!" Qi An said.
Yu Shuang glanced in the direction Qi An had indicated using her binoculars, and in that single glance, she shouted, "Snipe that car!"
Every sniper with half their body on the roof of the vehicle quickly looked through their scope at the vehicle—not just one, but three!
In just a glance or two, the distance between those three cars and them had already closed by a hundred meters!
Qi An had already activated the combat drone and rushed to the top of the middle vehicle at top speed.
This is actually not easy, because both sides are moving, making it difficult for her to judge the distance and the drone's following speed.
She was delayed by two minutes because she was adjusting the speed before she could open the lower compartment.
But before the bombs could land, a grenade shot into the sky and destroyed the drone!
That's the drone that Yang Yuning just repaired yesterday!
Qi An was stunned for a moment, and then, because it was under nerve control, he immediately felt a sharp ringing and electric current, and his entire brain went blank!
Yang Yuning noticed Qi An's unusual behavior from the driver's seat and hurriedly called out, "Qi An!"
Qi An snapped out of his daze in the next instant, suppressing a wave of dizziness and nausea, and said to Yang Yuning, "We have to destroy that car!"
As soon as she finished speaking, a sound... then several sounds in succession, like raindrops of metal clashing, echoed in the middle of the convoy!
Yang Yuning, Qi An, and even Sun Yiran realized something and couldn't help but turn around and look back at the back of the car.
That was the sound of a large-caliber bullet, or rather, an artillery shell, hitting the side of an oil tanker!
Qi An said that the enemy vehicle that had to be destroyed had a vehicle-mounted machine gun!
The two sides are still far apart, so the machine guns are inaccurate and not powerful enough. If they get any closer, to 1 kilometer or several hundred meters, those 20mm caliber bullets will definitely be able to blow up the oil tanker!
They were transporting flammable and explosive materials, and of the many dangers their convoy would face, the most dangerous was that the enemy possessed heavy weapons!
The truck drivers were terrified, and the convoy's formation became chaotic.
Qin Tianshuo surprisingly showed his calm side at this moment, saying to Yu Shuang, "The convoy should accelerate, rush off the railway tracks, and use the rubble from the collapsed highway bridge as cover!"
However, hiding behind cover only temporarily alleviated the crisis. They could not wait or stop, because countless waves of Fallen Insects were gathering here from all directions!
Everyone was terrified. Inside the medical van, Liu Weiyun dug her fingernails into the seat leather, filled with fear and anger.
The captain is right; we absolutely cannot take the roads through densely populated towns!
Li Yi, inside the sidecar, was still sneering, but somehow, that sneering had taken on a numb and sorrowful tone.
Inside the lead vehicle, Yang Yuning said, "Let's go take care of that machine gun vehicle."
Qi An glanced at him and said, "Okay."
Yang Yuning laughed, her gaze burning as if she wanted to melt Qi An!
But Sun Yiran: ? ?
Qi An reported that the lead vehicle rushed down the slope first, and then, as if dancing, it bounced wildly among countless obstacles.
The three people in the car were like three vegetables in a pot, being lifted and dropped countless times, their stomach acid churning!
But thanks to their excellent off-road performance, their vehicle didn't overturn and made it back onto the wasteland!
Qi An abruptly suppressed the urge to vomit; Sun Yiran had already vomited.
Yang Yuning jerked the steering wheel, and the SUV made a sharp south turn, zigzagging its way toward the three vehicles.
The three vehicles were already close, and the two sides were heading towards each other. Within two minutes, they had entered a dangerous attack range.
The Fallen Insects on the three vehicles seemed surprised that humans could be so stubborn. The Fallen Insects on the other two vehicles all opened fire in this direction. The machine gun on the middle vehicle paused for a moment, then turned its muzzle towards this direction as well!
Countless bullets flew from the barrels, their flames illuminating the scene, and countless messengers of death flew toward this place.
Sun Yiran closed her eyes and cursed inwardly, "These two are fucking lunatics!"
How could Dr. Qi, with her sweet and soft appearance, be like that too?!
Qi An's eyes widened at that moment, because all the bullets stopped in front of their car.
It was as if time stood still for a moment, but only the bullets remained still!
The bullets seemed to have their forward momentum suddenly drained. After a moment's pause, they were propelled back by a shock force!
The sharp chirping of insects rose and fell, leaving Qi An utterly astonished!
She knew that Yang Yuning dared to make such a risky suggestion because he had a backup plan and superpowers, but she didn't expect these superpowers to be so powerful!
"Force field control, my special ability, I'm still learning how to use it," Yang Yuning said, his forehead already covered in sweat.
However, he didn't let go of the accelerator and crashed directly into the first car, pushing it back several meters. The impact caused the fallen insects inside to sway and scream in anger and fear!
The vehicle that was hit was a dilapidated minivan, which was in a diagonal column with the machine gun vehicle and a third SUV.
Yang Yuning rammed the minivan, blocking the machine gun truck horizontally and obstructing the SUV's view at the same time!
The four cars came to a violent stop at the same time. Qi An slapped his face against the airbag, blood flowed from his nose, and he was stunned for a moment before regaining his senses.
This time she couldn't help but vomit, vomiting while her nose was bleeding!
But she couldn't help but admire herself even more. In just two missions, she had trained herself into a special forces soldier with amazing skills!
While vomiting, she unbuckled her seatbelt, wiped her mouth after vomiting, first tossed Yang Yuning and Sun Yiran each a soft cap of a mental energy transmission device, then pulled out a grenade, pulled the pin, and threw it into the van.
As the explosion rang out, Yang Yuning had already picked up his soft cap and gotten out of the car. With astonishing speed, he leaped onto the roof and shot down the Fallen Insect operating the machine gun!
Once the insects inside the SUV recovered from the shock of the impact, they all jumped out of the car, one of them carrying a grenade launcher and ready to fire at the lead car!
Yang Yuning had already climbed onto the roof of the machine gun vehicle and took out the grenade launcher bug with another shot!
At this point, they were less than 1 kilometer away from the convoy, and those on the convoy's side with binoculars and enhanced vision were already stunned!
"Holy crap..." Several people murmured like that.
After the convoy successfully entered the cover.
Yang Yuning picked up the grenade launcher and fired a shot into the van. Qi An, carrying the transmission device host on his back, huddled behind their SUV. After the explosion subsided, he raised his gun and fired into the driver's seat of the machine gun vehicle that was trying to start!
This was not an armored vehicle, but a modified three-row MPV. The body was roughly bulletproof, and it took Qi An a full magazine to break through the windshield.
Her arms were numb from the recoil of the gun, and probably also aching, but at that moment her adrenaline had made her unable to feel the pain.
Sun Yiran then fired a shot through the shattered glass, blowing the head off the driver's seat monster, and continued shooting at the passenger seat amidst a hail of bullets, screaming as she did so.
"There's more to the south!! You two are crazy! We're going to die!!"
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