"Hmm."

Yao Wei agreed with a sound. But in fact, there was no need for Lu Xi'an to remind her, she was already doing it.

The car's accelerator was already pressed to the floor. Because of the bumpy road, Yao Wei had to grip the steering wheel tightly to ensure that the vehicle wouldn't be bounced off the road.

Fortunately, this RV from Institute 923 was not ordinary. They had raised the speed several times, reaching the limit on such bumpy roads, and nothing had happened.

Meanwhile, Lu Xi'an kept staring at the map transmitted to the central control screen by the Resonant Gene Scanner.

The red dot was still rapidly approaching the Broken Bridge on the Guanhai River, at a speed far exceeding that of the RV, and besides, it wasn't following the road but was moving in a straight line. According to the map display, it was getting closer to them, who were always at the center of the map.

This should be an Alpha-type Neo-Human.

Lu Xi'an thought to himself but didn't say it out loud.

There was no need to say it out loud; Yao Wei could understand. Only Alpha-type Neo-Humans could explode with such speed, something both Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei knew and had seen before.

Furthermore, this Alpha-type Neo-Human was acting alone, and his speed wasn't as fast as those under Xuan Xiaocao's command encountered in Jiangbei. Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei could basically confirm that this person probably wasn't as good as Xuan Xiaocao's people.

After all, back then Xuan Xiaocao's subordinates had support from Type C Neo-Humans.

This person doesn't have a Fungus Stone, nor does he have the support of Type C Neo-Humans, so he should be weaker than Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei. Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei shouldn't fear him.

But it's better to stay safe if possible. What if this person is like those downstream and doesn't cross the Broken Bridge? Wouldn't that be better?

Avoiding a fight is preferable if possible, right?

If we accidentally damage the car during a fight, that would be terrible.

Lu Xi'an still remembers the time in Sword Mountain City when a brown bear nearly attacked their car.

If they had let that brown bear have its way back then, the car he and Yao Wei shared might have had a ventilation problem from behind. How awful would that be!

The car moved on, the red dot continued to move quickly, and soon it reached the edge of the Broken Bridge.

Lu Xi'an stared at the central control screen, and even Yao Wei couldn't help but glance at the screen several times.

The two saw the red dot stop on the screen, seemingly only intending to look there and not planning to catch up.

This made Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei breathe a slight sigh of relief.

"How do you think this person tracked us?"

Lu Xi'an asked.

"Resonant Gene Scanner?"

Yao Wei voiced his guess, slightly easing off the accelerator, causing the car to slow down a bit.

"That's possible too."

Lu Xi'an said, pondering for a moment, he continued, "This Neo-Human came from the west, and shouldn't be with the previous red dot.

"But maybe he's in league with the Type C Neo-Humans we encountered earlier—they might have learned about the downstream situation, butchered the Sickness Village, and then lay in wait there for people from downstream to come up.

"We ended up there, and they mistook us for people from downstream and started the chase."

As for why only one person was chasing them, Lu Xi'an didn't know—maybe that person had great confidence in his own abilities? Who could say for sure?

"Hmm."

Yao Wei nodded, saying, "I wonder if this person is carrying a Resonant Gene Scanner—if he is, he could find where we're running, and he might catch up to us."

"Who knows? Probably not."

Lu Xi'an thought for a moment and said, "Items like the Resonant Gene Scanner are quite valuable.

"Knowing they're coming to fight, why would they carry such a large valuable item with them? It's too easy to break.

"Moreover, the Resonant Gene Scanner requires power to run—we have Gou, but they don't. If they wanted to carry it, they would need not only the Resonant Gene Scanner but also a portable charger.

"Two big items—even for an Alpha-type Neo-Human, it would be too inconvenient.

"Think about it—in Jiangbei, when those people came looking for us, they just left the Resonant Gene Scanner behind."

Yao Wei thought about it, nodded, and said, "Hmm."

The issue with carrying a Resonant Gene Scanner isn't about the weight; that weight is nothing to Alpha-type Neo-Humans.

The challenge lies in the size and the fragility for Alpha-type Neo-Humans.

Considering this, the possibility of that Alpha-type Neo-Human carrying a Resonant Gene Scanner shouldn't be too high.

So after reaching the Broken Bridge, if that person couldn't find Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei, they might just give up.

After this... perhaps they could relax...

Or not!

"It's moving again! It's coming our way, chasing us along the highway!"

Lu Xi'an's eyes suddenly focused as he stared at the central control screen.

Was the judgment wrong?

Then it's necessary to change methods and strategies!

Lu Xi'an, without a moment's hesitation, said, "I'll get out of the car, you hide the car first, act according to circumstances. You can use the sniper rifle to take a look, and if there's anything wrong, you can deal with it in advance."

Having misjudged already, Lu Xi'an would not recklessly make a second prediction—a little more preparation is always good.

"Hmm."

Yao Wei, not one to get tangled up, immediately agreed.

The two acted immediately. Lu Xi'an moved quickly from the middle to the back of the car cabin, picked up a drawer box from the floor, opened the cabin door, and jumped out of the car.

In that drawer box were naturally a pile of glass shards previously picked up from the gas station. He thought it might be time to play his one-way trip version of the glass "Thousand Scales."

Meanwhile, Yao Wei drove the car forward a bit more, then sharply turned the steering wheel, taking the car off the road.

Lu Xi'an stood boldly on the road, holding that slightly rotten and deformed drawer box in one hand, emitting an aura of "one man stands firm against a thousand foes."

He knew well that hiding was useless when facing Type A Neo-Humans.

As long as they got close enough, the super-hearing of Type A Neo-Humans could hear any sound around.

——Because of this, the advantage that D-type Neo-Humans had over Type A Neo-Humans was greatly diminished.

For this reason, when Xuan Xiaocao and the others came for him, they had two Type A Neo-Humans and one Type C Neo-Human make the first move.

This way, when the enemy was drawn into battle, with their focus diverted and the sound of combat creating interference, they could cover up the faint heartbeat and breathing of a D-type Neo-Human who was hidden away.

Lu Xi'an could hold his breath for an extended period without issue, but he couldn't stop his heartbeat.

Destined to be unable to deceive them, he decided it was better to calmly wait here for his opponent.

The opponent came quickly; the speed of Type A Neo-Humans was always fast, which he knew and expected.

Yet what he did not anticipate was that it wasn't a Type A Neo-Human that came.

Or rather——not a human!

It was a group of dogs covered with black spots, some with grayish fur, others with light yellow-brown coats.

At a glance, Lu Xi'an recognized them as hyenas.

Moreover, they weren't the same hyenas that attacked Blade and Blade's two henchmen before, but rather special ones, similar to those he and Yao Wei once encountered at the villas in Yubei City.

Originally, Lu Xi'an thought that although these hyenas varied in ferocity, they were still hyenas on the surface, and he couldn't tell them apart at a glance. But until now, seeing them, he noticed the differences——

These hyenas seemed slightly larger than regular hyenas, had more taut skin and flesh, longer teeth, and slightly different facial features.

Yes, their facial features.

The ones that faced Blade before didn't look particularly fierce and were very cautious, trying to avoid injury.

This caution seemed to affect the hyenas' expressions, making them appear slightly gentler.

——Even though these gentle hyenas would still eat people.

But these hyenas in front of him were clearly filled with brutality at first glance; the wrinkles arching between their noses and eyes added a touch of ferocity.

Lu Xi'an wasn't sure whether this was the innate expression of these "new breed dogs" that were different from ordinary hyenas or a result of being controlled by a Type C Neo-Human.

Either way, he was sure there was a Type C Neo-Human behind these hyenas, as seen from their pairs of crimson eyes.

"Dammit!"

Seeing the hyenas laughing eerily and pouncing towards him, Lu Xi'an couldn't help but curse, dodging backward while receiving their attacks.

——An extraordinary number of hyenas, highly coordinated, and all enhanced by a Type C Neo-Human, making them fiercer and challenging to deal with.

Lu Xi'an didn't want to get hurt, so he had to do this. When Yao Wei was at that villa in Yubei City, it was the same.

Unexpectedly, he misjudged who was coming; it wasn't Type A Neo-Humans, but Type C.

Could it be that the Type C Neo-Human rode the hyenas to get here so fast?

It seemed he'd have to first maneuver with these hyenas, hold them off, and rely on Yao Wei's side.

Thinking this, Lu Xi'an retreated while grabbing a few glass shards from the drawer box and throwing them out.

…

Meanwhile, behind a nearby low hill, Yao Wei had already hidden the car.

But she glanced at the car's central control screen and couldn't help but frown.

Earlier, the map on the screen showed that the red dot crossed the Guanhai River, traveled a short distance north along the highway, and then stopped.

The position was somewhat distant from here, yet the Neo-Human represented by the red dot inexplicably stopped.

But just as she was about to inform Lu Xi'an about this situation, she suddenly heard the eerie laughter of hyenas.

Realizing something was wrong, Yao Wei immediately grabbed the sniper rifle, got out of the car, and peeked over the low hill.

This glance didn't require a sniper scope—the distance wasn't that far.

Then, she saw the hyenas.

No Type A Neo-Human, that was a Type C Neo-Human.

These hyenas were controlled by a Type C Neo-Human and were unusually formidable, much more than those in Yubei City.

She realized it at once.

It was only then that she set up the sniper rifle to scan the surroundings.

But no matter where she looked or listened closely to, there was nothing to perceive; even through the sniper scope, there was nothing to be found.

Lost in thought, she returned to the car to take another look; the red dot was still far away, now off the road, stopped at the roadside.

"Gou, besides Lu Xi'an and those hyenas, can you find anyone else? Or any other life forms?"

Yao Wei asked Gou.

She had heard the term "life form" more than once from Gou, so she used it as well.

Gou replied, "Within the scanning range, detected various insects, no life forms larger than insects."

Yao Wei frowned again, gazing at the red dot on the map, lost in thought.

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