The high-speed rail was a public facility that could help the shuttles increase their speed and save their fuel.
Although the shuttles could travel freely without leaving a trace, they would consume a lot of fuel. Also, when their speed reached the highest, especially when they broke the speed of sound, accidents could easily happen.
Imagine that hundreds of shuttles were rushing at the speed of sound. One moment of carelessness and two shuttles crashed into each other, and the consequences would be dire.
Therefore, in the 'high-speed airspace' in the suburbs of the major cities in the Imperium of True Human Beings, crystal rails had been established that extended in all directions. The shuttles would be attached to the rails with the impetus of spiritual and magnetic fields. The shuttles would fly based on the rails, which would both save fuel and significantly improve their safety.
At this moment, a 'Lightspeed Bird', a pure black, extended, luxury shuttle was rushing on the track leading to the heavy industrial area in the suburbs, followed by four fully-armed battle shuttles. Even the Vulcan Machine Guns and the crystal cannons were exposed to the air, indicating that they were on the alert at all.
Sitting in the back of the 'Lightspeed Bird' extended luxury shuttle was the chairman of the Federation of Industries on the West Coast of the capital, who controlled the lifelines of dozens of magical equipment groups on the West Coast. His surname was Dongfang, too.
In the past half month, a lot of bureaucrats and magnates had been secretly arrested, which had raised the alarm of the Dongfang family. The bodyguard team of the chairman of the Federation of Industries had been fully upgraded, too. Not only were the high-level agents of the Association of Demon Hunters sitting next to him, a lot of experts from the family had also been summoned. The assassins and killers from the underground of the capital had also been hired out of his own pocket. The spacious space of the extended luxury shuttle was packed to the brim.
It seemed that there were only four battle shuttles protecting the shuttle, but in fact, in a larger range, there were dozens of regular shuttles in which agents, experts of the family, and assassins were stationed, too. Many of them had been armed to the teeth with their Crystal Suit. They could tear apart the shuttles in half a second and unleash their toughest techniques.
Hundreds of pairs of eagle-like eyes were beaming out sharpness as they stared at the surroundings coldly.
Right then —
There was more than one high-speed rail. There were dozens of crystal rails up and down, like dozens of lanes. Four of them were specially designed for the overweight trucks with a capacity of more than fifty tons.
At this moment, there were four vans disguised in different paint jobs passing by this luxurious fleet of vehicles.
The load capacity of these four vans exceeded 80 tons. The carriage was extremely long, just like a crystal train.
Unknowingly, the four vans were parallel to the convoy, maintaining the same speed. It was as if they were at a standstill.
The well-trained bodyguards of the industrial association smelled the scent of danger and immediately ordered the entire team to speed up.
However, the four vans were able to keep up with them at an incredible speed and stability!
The bodyguard cars at the front and back tried to scan the interior of the van with mystic rays, but to their surprise, the mystic rays were all reflected back as if they had hit a mirror. They could not penetrate the van at all. That was a big problem!
"Fire!"
The leader of the bodyguards made a prompt decision. He did not consider the possibility of accidental injury and issued a resolute and decisive order.
But before the bodyguards could pull the trigger, the spirit energy magnetic track in front of the motorcade suddenly exploded and broke. The two bodyguard vehicles immediately lost control and flew high into the air!
Dazzling electric arcs actually surged out from between the four vans, crisscrossing into a tangled and complicated electric net. Countless talisman arrays and spirit inscriptions flashed chaotically within it. Shockingly, it was an extremely ferocious offensive formation!
Further away, one in the front and one in the back, the top of the carriages of another two vans was completely opened. Glittering bowls rose up and sent out intense interference waves to the outside world, blocking the distress signal of the luxury team!
Huala! Huala!
The carriages of the four heavy vans exploded one after another. Almost a hundred devil huntresses belonging to the Tribunal of Extraterrestrial Devils rushed out.
The elite bodyguards who had long been prepared tore apart the shuttles and darted toward the devil huntresses, too.
The gory high-speed battle immediately reached the climax.
Far away from the range of interference, the demon hunters whose job was to prevent accidents sent out distress signals to the branch of the Association of Demon Hunters in White Stone City as quickly as possible.
Immediately, countless demon hunters and the elites of the Dongfang family jumped out of the downtown area and rushed to the suburb, swearing to fish up the audacious devil huntresses once and for all!
Everything was observed clearly by the hundred stealth crystal cameras floating in the stratosphere.
The hundred stealth crystal cameras were the fruits of Li Yao's labor. While maintaining stealth and anti-detection abilities, their scanning range, precision, and teleportation distance were more than five times higher than before.
With the hundred stealth crystal cameras, together with the spies of the Tribunal of Extraterrestrial Devils and the reformists who had been lurking in White Stone City since a long time ago, Li Yao was able to grasp the entire battlefield.
The images from the suburbs were transmitted by an encrypted signal and instantly shot to the central business district of Baishi Special City, which was bustling with traffic and crowds.
In the middle of the business district, in the thirty-sixth floor of a transparent skyscraper that seemed to be made of crystal, the office of a seemingly plain trade group was filled with thousands of 3D beams.
The small room was drowned in thousands of 3D light beams. Most of the 3D light beams were displaying the pictures captured by the surveillance cameras inside and outside of White Stone City. The crystal processor specialists of the Tribunal of Extraterrestrial Devils had hacked into the public security platform of White Stone City and intercepted all the surveillance pictures.
Together with the secret surveillance cameras of Li Yao and the Tribunal of Extraterrestrial Devils, the whole city seemed to have been stripped naked in front of Li Yao.
Li Yao lay on the ergonomic chair comfortably and adjusted it to the rest mode. His hands were behind his head, his feet were up, and his eyes were half closed, as if he were sleeping.
Deep inside his brain, however, he was deducing everything that was going to happen next time and time again, making sure that every procedure was perfect and that any flaw had been erased in advance. Every detail was accurate to 0.1 seconds!
The assault in the suburb seemed to be about to fail.
The scale of the bodyguard group was far beyond their expectations. The reinforcements from the downtown area were fast, too. There was neither an 'assault' nor any 'secret' in the arrest.
However, Li Yao's eyes were still as tranquil as before, as if he were more interested in the candies made of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures next to his hands.
Most of the surveillance pictures nearby were not locked onto the fierce battle in the suburb but the general picture of a luxury hotel in the downtown area not far away.
Today, a meeting hosted by the mayor of White Stone City would be held in the luxury hotel.
Yes. The 'secret arrest' of the chairman of the Industrial Federation in the suburb was just a diversion. Their real target today was the mayor of White Stone City!
White Stone City was one of the top ten metropolises on the capital planet. The heavy industry, especially the Crystal Suit Manufacturing Industry, was famous in the entire Imperium. More than ten Crystal Suit R&D centers had established their headquarters and the most important production bases in the city.
It was not hard to imagine the influence of the mayor of White Stone City.
If such an important person was captured, it would certainly be a great blow to the Dongfang family. The Yun family, the Song family, and the other wavering nobles would have deeper doubts about the capabilities of the Dongfang family.
Right now, a lot of senior agents of the White Stone Branch of the Association of Demon Hunters had gone to the suburb. The real secret arrest squads of the Tribunal of Extraterrestrial Devils had taken positions around the luxury hotel, too. They would be able to take action in half a minute.
Everything seemed to be under control.
Twenty-five seconds.
Li Yao suddenly sat up and stared at the seemingly peaceful surveillance light beam. He held a candy in his hand and did not swallow it for a long time.
Twenty seconds.
"The Falcon Squad is ready!"
"The Hawkeye Squad is ready!"
"The Mole Squad is ready!"
"The Tiger Squad is ready!"
The voices of the battle squads of the devil huntresses echoed from the communication chips built into his eardrums.
Li Yao's eyes rolled crazily, and a drop of cold sweat leaked out of his forehead.
Fifteen seconds.
"President Yue."
Li Yao pressed his earlobe softly and said, "Although I am only here to help you control the surveillance magical equipment and not an expert in capturing people, I strongly suggest that you abort all operations immediately and retreat as quickly as possible!
"No. I did not find any clues, but my intuition told me that something was not right. Trust me. 'Vulture Li Yao' does not deserve the title of the best escape expert of the Imperium for nothing!
"Don't move. Retreat immediately. I repeat. Don't move. Retreat immediately. Whatever you say, I'm going to get out of here first!"
After saying that, Li Yao did not wait for Yue Wushuang's reply at all. He simply took out the communication chips in his ears and all the magical equipment on his body that could release spiritual signals, crushing them into pieces. Then, he activated the timer of the crystal bombs in the office. Finally, he put his hands in his pockets and walked out, whistling.
He did not take the lift of spiritual energy. After all, with his skills, he could walk on the stairs of the emergency channel at a speed similar to that of the lift of spiritual energy.
When he left the building, he had already turned into an elite businessman with white hair, fashionable clothes, a calm expression, and a black leather briefcase in his hand. In a few steps, he merged into the bustling crowd.
"Shua!"
Li Yao fully opened his senses. The bustling business district was completely frozen and dissected in front of his eyes. Every expression and every movement of thousands of people was captured by him.
As he expected, he discovered seven stealthy guys in the crowd.
It was as easy as recognizing seven colorful figures in a black-and-white photo.
Li Yao smiled and squeezed through the seven of them casually. His posture, his gait, and the micro-expressions on his face all suggested that he was a banker who was devoted to his work.
He even brushed past a Demon Hunter, and the Demon Hunter didn't feel anything strange at all.
The difficulty is too low. It's not challenging at all. I might as well go home and sleep.
Li Yao recalled the thrill of being hunted by Guo Chunfeng of the Secret Sword Bureau in his hometown. That was what a real life was like. Therefore, being too strong was also a kind of trouble. Who could understand the loneliness in the expert's heart?
Then, he saw Dongfang Mingyue.
Dongfang Mingyue was sitting at the entrance of a very romantic dessert shop surrounded by flowers and plants on the street. She was fiddling with the ice cubes on the juice with a straw very lazily. There was no one on the seat opposite her, except for a little tabby cat that was as lazy as her.
She seemed to have completely lost her passion for work because of the heat. She didn't even bother to change her plain and simple appearance. Her beautiful black hair swayed in the hot wind, just like the high-heeled sandals on her jade feet.
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