"Click...click...clatter..."
The chains binding the truck were getting tighter and tighter.
A group of masked figures wearing hooded robes held iron chains, using them to transfer and concentrate soul energy.
"boom--!"
The truck exploded!
The raging flames burst open, sending up billowing black smoke.
Lin Nai and the others jumped out of the car and escaped just before the explosion.
Although they all managed to escape, the powerful impact of the explosion still sent them rolling several times on the ground before they came to a stop.
"Hehehe, you're all quite skilled."
The masked man in the black robe couldn't help but applaud: "As expected of seeded players who performed exceptionally well in the national competition."
Lieutenant Li scrambled to his feet, looking somewhat disheveled. Upon seeing the black-robed man's mask, his pupils contracted sharply, revealing a look of astonishment: "It's actually someone from the Five Elements Society..."
The masked man in black robes smiled and said, "That's right, it's us. Li Chang'en, I didn't expect you to be the one leading the team this time. I thought you would just be Zheng Longhai's lackey."
Lieutenant Li's face immediately darkened.
"Holy crap..."
Meng Feifei whispered, "Brother Nai, we're all disguised, how did these Five Elements Society people recognize us? And they even seem to be acquaintances of Lieutenant Li?"
Lin Nai glanced at him as if he were an idiot: "Do you even need to ask? There's a mole inside. Our whereabouts have been completely exposed."
Meng Feifei: "Wasn't the mole someone from the gene company? How did it become the Five Elements Society?"
Linnaeus shrugged and did not answer.
Lieutenant Li stared at the man in black robes, not asking who he was, and asked in a deep voice, "What do you want?"
The masked man in black robes: "Heh, nonsense. You clearly know what we want, so why ask when you already know?"
Lieutenant Li: "......"
"Arrest them all." The masked man in black robes waved his hand and said with a sneer, "Except for Lin Nai, who needs to be kept alive, anyone else who dares to resist is to be killed on sight!"
The group of masked men in robes replied, "Yes!" and then walked towards Linnai and the others, each carrying an iron chain.
Linnaeus and the others stood back to back.
There is nowhere to go.
In such a flat, desolate wilderness, there was nowhere to escape to.
"Oh no..." Meng Feifei lowered her voice: "I heard that the Five Elements Society is full of crazy cultists! If we fall into their hands, we'll definitely be dissected! We might even be sliced up and sacrificed to the gods as offerings!"
The white beast stared at the approaching enemies, its eyes turning cold. It said in a deep voice, "What do we do now? Fight them?"
Linnaeus said, "Fight my ass! There's a level 25 superhuman over there. How are we supposed to fight him?"
Meng Feifei looked at Lin Nai with some confusion: "But, isn't sister-in-law..."
Before he could finish speaking, Lin Nai turned around, gave him a look, and shook her head.
Meng Feifei immediately shut her mouth.
He didn't understand what Linnaeus meant.
But he could tell from Lin Nai's look that she was telling him to shut up.
Then, Lin Nai said, "Tong Yi, stall for time."
Tong Yi immediately understood, nodded, and clasped his hands together: "Superpower - Quicksand Wall!"
"Rumble, rumble—"
Four towering sand walls rose abruptly from the ground, surrounding Linnaeus and his companions and forming a temporary fortress.
The man in the black robe and mask saw the wall and immediately snorted coldly, "Hmph, what a waste of time!"
Tong Yi built a wall, creating a small safe space for everyone.
However, outside the wall, one soon heard clanging and smashing sounds.
Clearly, it was those masked men who wanted to destroy the "Wall of Quicksand"!
"Alright, we've managed to buy some time." Lin Nai looked at Lieutenant Li and Gao Xuan: "Instructor, what do we do now?"
Gao Xuan said, "I have already sent a distress signal to headquarters."
Lieutenant Li clenched his fist and said, "The capital is still far from here. We can't afford to delay until headquarters sends someone to rescue us."
"That's true."
"If all else fails, we'll fight them to the death!"
The white beast said in a deep voice.
Truman said slowly, "Those masked men were all mid-level superhumans at level 10 or so, and that black-robed masked man was even a level 25 superhuman. We have absolutely no chance of winning if we fight them head-on."
"..." Lieutenant Li fell silent.
After a while, Lieutenant Li seemed to have made a decision. With a firm look in his eyes, he slowly said, "Lin Nai, I'll hold off that leader, the masked man in the black robe. As soon as you find an opportunity, run away immediately!"
Linnaeus: "How can that be?"
"There's no time for nonsense now!" Lieutenant Li, his face flushed, yelled at Lin Nai, seemingly in a hurry. "You need to understand your special circumstances! Is this the time for pretense?!"
"Anyone can die here, but you absolutely cannot fall into the hands of the Five Elements Society!"
Lieutenant Li was usually mild-mannered, and it was rare to see him so furious.
Linnaeus fell silent.
“Apart from that level 25 black-robed masked man, I believe that with your strength, if you want to leave, those other small fry will definitely not be able to stop you.”
Lieutenant Li said in a deep voice, "Gao Xuan, let's hold off that high-level superhuman together and create an opportunity for Lin Nai!"
“This…” Gao Xuan hesitated for a moment, then said, “Okay, I understand.”
"boom!"
Tong Yi's quicksand wall lasted for less than a minute before it completely collapsed under the siege of a group of masked men.
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