funbook-pk Chapter 130 The Lone Scoundrel
Chapter 130 The Lone Scoundrel
When we drove out of the mine ruins, it was already broad daylight.
Under the scorching sun, several convoys maintained a distance that was neither too close nor too far, like a frightened herd of beasts huddled together, raising billowing dust on the rough, gravelly ground.
At the forefront were several vans from the Wantong Caravan, sandwiched between modified vehicles from the Wild Bull Caravan, with the animals of the Magic Circus following steadily behind the Xinhuo Caravan.
Xu Si also saw Xiao Xiao sitting on the elephant waving to him.
Xu Si gestured from outside the window.
The person he cared about most, Wenren Jiujiang, still had an unapproachable demeanor, floating in mid-air, exuding the most aloofness.
"Our convoy is about to disengage two kilometers ahead! Until we meet again, everyone!"
After driving for more than an hour and completely getting rid of the mine ruins, Zhu Yu's voice came through the walkie-talkie from the van leading the Wantong caravan.
"Then I, Old Niu, will go first!" Lu Meng didn't have a good impression of this mine.
"Received." Fu Xiaojian replied briefly, but his eyes kept glancing at the rearview mirror.
In the mirror, the dark red body of the "Conqueror" distorted slightly in the heat, like a lurking beast.
The train convoy slowly came to a stop on the Gobi Desert. Fu Xiaojian wanted to say goodbye to the Magical Circus. The two convoys had met twice and had become acquainted.
This was also to cover for Xu Si.
Soon, the dust from the "Bull Caravan" and the "Wantong Caravan" disappeared on the horizon in various places, turning into sand and gravel in the Gobi Desert.
Jiao Jiao leaned half her body out of the pickup truck window and waved vigorously at Xiao Xiao on the back of the elephant.
"Little one! Goodbye! Take good care of yourself!"
Xiao Xiao waved back enthusiastically, her crisp voice carried on the wind: "Definitely! Goodbye, Sister Jiao Jiao! Goodbye, Brother Red Hair!"
Jack rode a tall black horse at the head of the circus caravan, nodding to Fu Xiaojian and Xu Si as a final farewell.
After gesturing to Jack while still seated in mid-air, Wenren Jiujiang flew off in another direction, seemingly to continue his lone wolf journey.
Soon, from a distance, it was just a small black dot, as if it had merged into this desolate landscape.
Jack sighed with some regret and led the "Magic Circus" southeast, where the huge animal figures gradually blended into the undulating hills of the Gobi Desert.
"Are you leaving now? Or will you stay and walk with us a little longer?" Fu Xiaojian turned his gaze away and whispered to Xu Si beside him.
"Huh? Brother Dao? Where are you going? Are you leaving us to go find your sister?" The little girl listened intently, her ears perked up, and she looked like she was about to cry.
The other members of the convoy also leaned out of the car windows, because the little girl's voice was definitely not quiet.
"Go back and sit down, and don't ask any questions." Xu Si glanced at her sideways and tapped her forehead, which was sticking out.
He came out to talk to Fu Xiaojian about this.
He wasn't in a hurry, after all, the Conqueror had full-time control, and its simulation effect was not much worse than the Cloak of Concealment.
Jiao Jiao covered her forehead, shrank back into the car in a wronged manner, but her big eyes were still darting around, waiting for Xu Si's reply.
"Find a secluded spot to camp and wait for me for two days. If I don't return after two days, just keep going. With the guide flag, you'll definitely be able to keep up."
"Alright, if things are going to turn out badly, we'd better get out of here." Fu Xiaojian gave him a deep look and offered simple advice.
He still trusted Xu Si.
"I know." Xu Si opened the car door, got into the "Conqueror," and drove off in the opposite direction.
The engine emitted a deep, smooth roar, and the dark red body reflected a metallic, cold light under the blood-red sun.
The people in the convoy watched him walk the way he had come, and each of them looked on with suspicion.
"Old Xu, who is he?" Tashan asked in confusion.
"Never mind him, let's go!" Fu Xiaojian didn't say it explicitly.
Xiao Luo watched longingly, the little girl looked dejected, and Su Su's expression was inscrutable.
This place is too close to the mine; if an illusion were to break out, it would inevitably cause trouble.
As far as he knew, the area of the illusion in the Honghu region was quite large.
……
Xu Si gripped the steering wheel, feeling the steady and powerful pulse of the "Conqueror" emanating from his palm.
The blood-red sun hung high in the sky, baking the Gobi Desert like a furnace.
However, the interior temperature is comfortable, and the upgraded Conqueror seems to have a constant temperature system.
Even without air conditioning, the temperature inside the car remains comfortable.
He glanced in the rearview mirror; the fire truck convoy had completely disappeared behind the undulating sand dunes.
Now, he returns alone to that ruin teeming with Level 4 eeriness.
"One by one?" he murmured to himself.
A subtle pulsation came from my heart, like a short, warm drumbeat.
A pale, protective spirit emerged from Xu Si's nose, curiously observing the monotonous scenery outside the car, making "ee-ee" sounds to communicate.
"Wake up, keep an eye on things for me." Xu Si transmitted his thoughts through the symbiotic connection.
"Yi Yi, Yi Yi"
The little elf seemed to be very happy, as it was her first time working alongside Xu Si.
With this little guy around, Xu Si didn't feel lonely.
He did not speed up, but maintained a steady cruising speed, while his "Star Track" was fully activated, and his senses spread out forward like mercury.
From now on, he will face all dangers alone.
……
"Phew, I almost got lost! That would have been so embarrassing!"
Without Fu Xiaojian to lead the way, Xu Si followed the tracks he had come from for half a day before the tracks were covered by sand and wind, almost causing him to get lost.
I was too confident in myself.
I should have used "Conqueror" to mark a painful memory.
Xu Si's Conqueror was currently in full-time control mode, hidden on the hillside outside the mine.
Unless a sequence of perception types searches this dune inch by inch, it is impossible to find his hiding place.
The conqueror, having activated full-time control, is as if he has become part of the Gobi Desert.
He did not act immediately, but instead closed his eyes and concentrated inside the conqueror.
Everything will be revealed by tonight or tomorrow at the latest.
At this time, the mine ruins had been placed under martial law by the Martial God convoy.
The entire ruins exuded a suffocating feeling of being relaxed on the outside but tense on the inside, like the oppressive stillness before a storm.
Wu Yue let the other convoys leave so easily because he didn't want any further complications.
Of course, Xu Si's attack also served as a significant deterrent.
Or perhaps he concluded that under the threat of a Level 4 anomaly, no one would dare to turn back easily.
He might have thought someone would try to catch him, but he probably never imagined it would be Xu Si, this lone wolf catching him.
Xu Si was also considering how Wu Yue would choose.
Most likely, this Sequence 3 "Martial Artist" will choose to use the [Time Ring] himself and rely on his own strength to withstand the uncertain cost.
Even a normal fatal wound, he could withstand with his Sequence 3 physique, but he was still willing to gamble on a level 4 bizarre drop.
Alternatively, it's not impossible that he could choose to manipulate a sequence of extraordinary abilities to use the [Time Ring].
There must be such a sequence or strange object.
Back then, Cheng Xinyi's sequence was capable of controlling more than a dozen "pseudo-superhumans".
There are ways to avoid the consequences of the Time Ring.