Dark clouds covered the sky, and thunder rumbled like a drum on the ground.
The dark clouds and thunder chased after the off-road vehicle in front of them. The road heading straight north was like a long black line drawn on the ground, and the end of the black line was constantly being destroyed by Dusk.
Dusk was too large, so when it passed by, the road surface and roadbed were as fragile as a layer of rammed earth that had not been maintained for a long time.
"The monsters on the ground might be terrifying, but we might still have a chance of getting rid of them with heavy firepower. The key is those things in the sky. What can we do to stop them?" Luo Lan said worriedly as he looked in the rearview mirror.
In the past, although the birds in the sky were very aggressive and had awakened their territorial awareness, they would attack all flying objects that entered their airspace. However, they had never taken the initiative to attack humans before.
Some people had mentioned that falcons in some places would catch children for food, but that was still within the normal hunting range.
But now that these birds were controlled by the artificial intelligence, they had become too terrifying.
Most importantly, humans did not seem to have any means to keep them in check.
Machine guns could strafe them, but the birds in the sky were far more agile than machine guns in adjusting their firing angles.
When the steam locomotive appeared on the horizon, Luo Lan was overjoyed. "Ren Xiaosu is here! Hahaha, I knew Ren Xiaosu wouldn't let me down!"
Zhou Qi muttered, "That's what Qing Zhen said just now. You didn't say anything."
Luo Lan floored the accelerator and said with a smile, "It doesn't matter who says it. But the point is, we won't die now that Ren Xiaosu is here. I've ridden on his steam locomotive before, and even the windows are bulletproof. I don't believe those birds can break through Ren Xiaosu's steam locomotive. "
It seemed like Ren Xiaosu had never disappointed Luo Lan ever since they started escaping from Stronghold 113.
If not for Ren Xiaosu, Luo Lan would have died five or six times over.
Luo Lan pushed the accelerator all the way to the limit, and the off-road vehicle's engine let out a buzzing roar. The engine's speed instantly increased, and the exhaust gas entered the turbine chamber through the pipeline. In an instant, it drove the impeller to pressurize rapidly.
When the speed of the engine increased, the speed of the exhaust gas and the speed of the turbine also increased at the same time. The air pressure and density increased, and in an instant, the fuel in the car was fully burned.
The black jeep was like a wild beast as it sped up again. Qing Zhen and the rest were all tightly pressed against the back of the seat, feeling the adrenaline rush from the escape.
Originally, the Luo Lan could not drive so fast. After all, if they drove too fast, they might die in the accident before the monsters behind them could catch up.
But now, they did not need to care about all this. All they needed to do was to meet up with Ren Xiaosu, and then continue to escape with Ren Xiaosu.
At the same time, Dusk sped up once more, breaking through the shadows of the dark clouds.
The steam locomotive in the north and the jeep and Dusk in the south were like the most violent conflict scenes in the wilderness, and they were about to collide.
The jeep was getting closer and closer to the steam locomotive, and Luo Lan and the rest were getting more and more excited.
However, at the moment when both parties were about to meet up, Luo Lan gradually stepped on the brakes. However, the steam locomotive driven by Ren Xiaosu brushed past them.
Ren Xiaosu sat at the front of the car with a calm expression. When the two cars brushed past each other, the intersecting cars set off a strong convective wind, causing his clothes to flutter.
The chimney of the steam locomotive spewed out a huge amount of black smoke behind Ren Xiaosu, and Ren Xiaosu was like a god sitting at the front of the car.
Luo Lan, Qing Zhen, and the rest got out of the car in shock and turned to look towards the south.
They saw that the steam locomotive was crazily heading towards the surging dark clouds, all the way south.
In front of them were flocks of birds that covered the sky and the terrifying Dusk on the ground. However, the steam locomotive did not slow down at all.
Ren Xiaosu had come all this way not only to get rid of them, but also to get rid of these greatest threats in the future.
"Wait a minute, can Ren Xiaosu defeat that monster?" Zhou Qi asked in astonishment. "Don't tell me he doesn't want to live anymore?"
Qing Zhen and Xu Man also frowned, and no one knew what they were thinking about.
Only Luo Lan suddenly thought of the palace-guarding lizard called Midnight that Ren Xiaosu had summoned in the Mage Nation back then. It was too similar to the one chasing after them.
Although Midnight's color was a little lighter, being a fiery red, this one was only brown.
However, they had the same appearance of a lizard and appeared at about the same time. If one were to say that these two lizards were not related, Luo Lan would definitely not believe it.
When Luo Lan asked about Midnight's origins, Ren Xiaosu had answered truthfully.
So Luo Lan suddenly gulped and said, "You guys might not believe me if I tell you this, but this monster chasing after us might be Ren Xiaosu's pet. He has another one. Zhou Qi, you should have guessed it already, right?"
Qing Zhen and Xu Man looked at Luo Lan and Zhou Qi at the same time.
Zhou Qi nodded. "Ren Xiaosu does have a pet that's about the same size as it. However, that one might be controlled by the AI."
Qing Zhen was the smartest of the four of them. "This monster lives in the volcanic crater of the Jing Mountains. The Jing Mountains is where the Pyro Company's No. 39 Research Lab is located. The Pyro Company calls this place the 'Hallowed Ground'. So if this lizard is Ren Xiaosu's pet, then Ren Xiaosu is the No. 001 Experimental. "
Otherwise, no one could explain the connection between this monster and Ren Xiaosu. The Kyung Clan had evidence that these two lizards had been living in there since a hundred years ago, and some traveling merchants had heard the roars coming from inside. Of course, it was only a legend at that time. But now, the legend had been confirmed.
These two lizards had been around for a hundred years, and they were also Ren Xiaosu's pets. Therefore, Ren Xiaosu was at least a hundred years old.
The Experimental that liked to wear black robes had once told Lee Young-yoon that it was looking for the perfect No. 001 Experimental. That was a true god, and it was very likely that he had already blended into the crowd.
Experimental subjects. This was a frightening term.
But when Luo Lan suddenly realized Ren Xiaosu was the No. 001 Experimental, he felt that the term did not seem too scary anymore.
"If it's an Experimental, then so be it. He should've succeeded since he's definitely different from those gray-skinned ones." Luo Lan said firmly, "Qing Zhen, if he didn't mention it himself, let's not tell anyone else about it."
"Mhm." Qing Zhen agreed. "Actually, he's already identified himself by telling you that it's his pet. That's a sign of his trust in you."
"Wait!" Zhou Qi shouted, "Ren Xiaosu is about to collide with that lizard and the dark cloud! Should we retreat further away? If Ren Xiaosu can't defeat it, it'll be easier for us to escape! "
Luo Lan snapped, "Can't you have some backbone? Ren Xiaosu is here to save us, so how can we abandon him and run away?"
"More importantly, there isn't even a river here, so there's nothing we can do to help," Zhou Qi roared.
"But we still can't leave." Luo Lan said, "What if we can be of some help? If we can't, we'll die here together."
At this moment, Ren Xiaosu stood up from the front of the car and reached his hand into the black smoke coming out of the chimney.
A second later, a hand suddenly appeared in the dark cloud above the flock of birds in the sky. The slender index and middle fingers were holding four poker cards.
The cards were 9.
Ren Xiaosu retracted his arm and the Shadow Door closed. However, the four poker cards remained in the air.
The spades, hearts, clubs, and diamonds on the cards seemed to have undergone a chemical reaction. The colors started glowing, and an immense amount of energy burst forth.
Luo Lan and the others watched from afar. Suddenly, a red glow appeared amidst the dark clouds in the sky.
The glow that was concealed by the dark clouds was like lava seeping through the cracks in the rocks. It looked calm, but it was extremely violent.
Before Luo Lan and the others could see it clearly, they saw the dark clouds split open, as though they had been sliced apart by a knife of light. Then, all the energy from the four Explosive Poker cards exploded.
The flock of birds turned into flames and ashes in an instant.
A 9 on the card was enough to cover an area with a radius of 800 meters and destroy all life within that area.
However, a 9 was also the biggest card Ren Xiaosu had drawn so far.
It was not that he was unlucky, but that he had used even more gratitude tokens to exchange for his Proficiency Stones.
Just as Big Bluff and Zhang Husheng often said, "Everything is for the sake of the prosperity of the Northwest."
The phrase "prosperity of the Northwest" was now a mantra.
Just as Luo Lan, Zhou Qi, and the others were in shock as they watched the fireworks explode in the sky, they saw a huge stargate suddenly open in front of the steam locomotive.
Luo Lan mumbled, "That's it! That's it! "
As soon as he said that, Ling Chen dashed out of the stargate and crashed into the oncoming dusk.
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