Chapter 138: Safe Zone

It had only been a minute since the battle started.

Li Yinuo and Nan Gengchen were already sitting in the pickup truck, but Qing Chen was still helping Qin Yiyi and Qin Cheng to pack up their things.

Seeing them packing up the tent, the sturdy girl urged from the pickup, "Stop it, are those things more important than your life? Hurry up and go!"

She spoke as if the vehicle was hers.

But what Li Yinuo said did make sense. The wilderness people were trying to shoot down the drones, and the sound of gunfire was getting closer and closer.

Qin Cheng yelled, "Everyone stop packing and get in the car, the most important thing is to survive!"

While everyone else was panicking, Li Shutong was the only one who remained unperturbed.

Several people jumped into the truck.

The servants who were supposed to be on the pickup also ran over, but Li Yinuo roared at them, "Screw off, find another car by yourself!"

Qin Yiyi patted the front window, "Brother, drive now!"

In the woods to their north, a blazing fire was already burning.

The intermittent sound of gunshots warned them of the approaching danger.

A voice was transmitted from the walkie-talkie, "Miss Yinuo, these wilderness men brought specialized anti-drone rifles to take out our Boundary-011 drones!"

The function of an anti-drone rifle was to emit electromagnetic interference waves in a specific hertz range and interrupt the connection between drones and their control devices.

In the Federation, this type of weapon, like sniper rifles, was considered contraband goods. Who knew where the wilderness people got them from.

Li Yinuo took out the walkie-talkie from her pocket and instructed, "Xiao Gong, activate the self-destruct mode of those drones to obstruct them for a while. Also, where's the convoy of the Kamidai Family?"

Xiao Gong, the chief of the Autumn Hunting team, replied through the walkie-talkie, "Received. The Kamidai Family convoy has stopped 60 kilometers south of us, they should be setting up their camp now."

Unexpectedly, Li Yinuo had a method to monitor the position of the Kamidai Family convoy, thus explaining her lack of anxiety when their convoy suddenly overtook them halfway before.

"Go find the Kamidai Family, we all come from the Federation, so everyone should work together against the wilderness people!" said Li Yinuo.

The remaining four drones that were still charging in the camp soared into the sky and flew north into the woods.

Not long after, everyone in the truck heard the sound of explosions behind them, followed by a huge fire burning in the night sky.

This was the drone's self-destruct mode: inflicting massive damage to the enemy at the cost of destroying itself.

Exploding those drones was equal to burning money, but Li Yinuo didn't care the slightest bit.

The next moment, Qin Yiyi, Li Yinuo, Nan Gengchen, Qing Chen, and Li Shutong — the five people sitting in the cargo — began staring at one another.

The sturdy girl suddenly looked at Qing Chen and said, "Hey, I think you're very ordinary. Thin arms, thin legs, although your face is okay, you don't seem like someone who can take a beating at all."

The atmosphere turned stagnant; nobody knew why Li Yinuo would abruptly complain about Qing Chen.

There was no reason!

Qin Yiyi curiously looked at her, thinking about how to address her, "Miss... Mighty."

Li Yinuo raised her eyebrows.

Someone was going to speak up for the boy so quickly?

Noticing Li Yinuo's stare, Qin Yiyi hurriedly corrected, "This Beautiful and Mighty Young Miss, why did you get on our truck?"

Li Yinuo replied calmly, "For safety reasons."

"Safety?"

As soon as the answer came, Qin Yiyi and Nan Gengchen simultaneously looked at her in surprise. Li Yinuo was the eldest daughter of the Li Family, the one in charge of the entire Autumn Hunting team.

But upon facing real danger, she actually said it was safer to stay in this dilapidated pickup truck?

It had to be known that Li Yinuo was considered one of the strongest among the younger generation of her family. This kind of fighter who barely knew the word fear, came to their pickup truck in order to seek protection?

The truck rattled wildly on the unpaved road.

Everyone sank into silence, not knowing how to digest the words Li Yinuo just said.

Li Yinuo then looked at Li Shutong. "My mother said you used to carry me when I was a child, you won't just sit by and let me die, right?"

Li Shutong smiled at Li Yinuo and said, "When I carried you, you still weren't able to remember anything, why did you suddenly bring this up?"

The reason why Li Yinuo jumped into the pickup at the moment of crisis was because of Li Shutong's presence.

Qin Yiyi and Nan Gengchen suddenly turned to look at the middle-aged man, whereas Qing Chen mentally sighed. In the end, they were still found out.

Now that he thought about it, Li Yinuo clearly showed signs of envy when she talked about him...

While they were talking, a humming noise resounded across the night sky — it came from a swarm of drones!

None of the drones had the signal lights turned on, under the cover of darkness, ordinary people wouldn't be able to spot them.

Li Yinuo instantly realized that the wilderness people purposely attacked and surrounded them from the north in order to force them southward. It was all so that they would enter the area where the drones were lying in wait, ready to ambush.

The wilderness people had trapped them into entering the area of ambush by themselves.

Li Yinuo frowned, "Those wilderness men must've called over the Firepit folks who were nearby, it's impossible for them to have so many drones otherwise."

The situations were now reversed. This time, their opponent was the one armed with swarms of drones while they, on the contrary, had none.

Xiao Gong asked through the walkie-talkie, "Miss Yinuo, a cluster of drones is currently approaching us. Our convoy still has a full set of drones, but it will take some time to reconnect them to my neurons."

Li Yinuo replied, "No need."

After she finished speaking, she looked at Li Shutong, "Please make your move, we won't have to waste time that way."

Li Shutong smiled, but did not answer.

Then they saw Li Yinuo, the usually arrogant eldest daughter of the Li Family, suddenly acting like a spoiled child. "You won't let anything bad happen to me, right? You doted on me when I was a kid."

As she spoke, she took out a deck of cards from her pocket and handed it to Li Shutong. Qing Chen saw his teacher smile and spread the cards, scattering them towards the night sky.

Each card cut through the air like a spinning blade, chopping up all the unseen dangers around them.

In an instant, the initially pitch-black night was illuminated by numerous clouds of flame.

Translator: Zee