Chapter 1902

“Okay.” He Ma gritted his teeth and controlled the helicopter to descend.

Search for their traces.

Finally, after a minute, they found the vehicle.

However, there was no one in the car!

“There’s no one in the car!” He Ma quickly notified the Big Camphor Tree Base.

Meanwhile, just as Third Uncle and others had taken off, Li Yu also happened to come out with Luo, Yang Tianlong, Guo Peng, Xiao Hu, and a dozen cars.

“Damn it!” Li Yu heavily punched the seat.

At the same time, several drones, which were already flying around the Big Camphor Tree Base 24/7, also headed in that direction.

Big Knife and others, who got out of the car, quickly ran eastward.

They had specifically chosen a dirt road towards the east, where the mountains were dense. Once they crossed two mountains, they could enter the deep mountain forests.

“Big Brother, look, their helicopter is still by our car; we probably can’t get our car back,” said a team member next to Big Knife.

“Quick, find a place to hide. What time is it now? Who cares about the car?” Big Knife said, feeling incredibly frustrated.

They ran desperately.

The dragon grass on the mountain was lush, capable of covering half a person.

They used the dragon grass as cover and crazily ran eastward.

Meanwhile.

Li Yu opened the map.

Looking at the place He Ma mentioned, he began to synchronize arrangements.

“They’ve left the car, for now, set the encirclement within a five-kilometer radius. Heading east leads to High Mountain Corner. If they run to High Mountain Corner, the jungle there is dense, making it hard to find them.”

“Luo, take people to the foot of High Mountain Corner. As soon as you find them, capture them immediately, no, kill them on the spot! Damn it, daring to shoot our helicopter.”

Luo received Li Yu’s message in the car and immediately responded, “Okay.”

Then he turned the car around and headed in the direction of High Mountain Corner with a dozen people.

“Tianlong, take people and block National Highway 72 to the north. If they want to go north, this is the only road.”

“Understood.” Yang Tianlong took people and left.

“Guo Peng, block Line 319 with your team.”

“Everyone else, come with me to their parking spot.”

Meanwhile.

At Big Camphor Tree Base, Defense Director Uncle initiated Level One alert.

The mortar on the wall, as well as the heavy artillery installed in the Third Outer City, were activated, ready to fire at any time.

Dozens of drones spread out in the sky like Heavenly Maiden Scattering Flowers, centered on Big Camphor Tree Base, scattering in all directions.

Generally, under the protection of the first, second, and third Satellite Cities, even if enemies invaded, they could be detected.

Furthermore, with partnered personnel spread out on the ground before, they could even more inform on the surrounding situation.

But due to this solar radiation event, Li Yu had brought partnered personnel and extra staff from several satellite cities into Big Camphor Tree Base.

The main defense around Big Camphor Tree Base relied on four all-weather surveillance drones.

However, the surveillance range of the drones was only five kilometers, making the detection range very limited.

Otherwise, if they approached, the drones should be able to spot them.

Li Yu felt uneasy, to be precisely a bit scared.

Although they only had two cars, a huge issue was exposed.

That is the lack of outposts for the base!

Learning from this lesson, Li Yu decided that after this matter, improvements must be made.

Moreover, the drone’s detection range of only five kilometers must be extended somehow.

Five kilometers is too short a distance.

Just like this time, there was no time to react when discovered.

Not much time to prepare either.

Buzzer—

Helicopters flew across the sky one by one.

All six helicopters from Big Camphor Tree Base were deployed.

In the mountain depression, the quickly running Big Knife suddenly heard the sound of helicopters behind.

He hurriedly told the people behind him, “Hide!”

They quickly squatted down. The dragon grass was very lush. Even though the solar radiation was intense recently, this plant is extremely drought-resistant.

It only changed color from green to yellow.

Squatting below, it was challenging to spot people hiding under the dragon grass from the air or the ground.

They squatted among the dragon grass, motionless, not even daring to take a big breath.

One helicopter.

Two helicopters.

Three helicopters.

Three helicopters flew overhead.

With the tree canopy and dragon grass covering above them, the helicopters didn’t spot their tracks.

Big Knife and others were shocked!

“Big Brother! How come they have so many helicopters? We saw one at Oil City. Now there’s another three, plus the one that first spotted us, it’s already five helicopters!”

“I’m afraid we’re in trouble!” Big Knife frowned as he spoke.

Wen Sheng’s legs were a bit numb, and seeing the helicopters flying away, he said to Big Knife, “Big Brother, the helicopters are gone; I estimate they want to block us. We must get away from here quickly, or we’ll be trapped once they seal this place.”

“Makes sense, let’s go.”

After saying this, they hurriedly ran eastward.

Meanwhile.

Li Yu and others arrived at their car parked at the edge of the forest.

After looking in the car, they found some clothes, a few boxes of bullets, and other miscellaneous items.

Li Yu looked up at the vast expanse of trees and dragon grass but didn’t see any trace of them.

Checking his watch, it had been ten minutes since He Ma first informed them of this incident.

At this moment, Luo’s message came: “Director Li, we have reached High Mountain Corner.”

“We are here too,” said Yang Tianlong from the north.

In less than ten seconds, Guo Peng from the west also spoke.

Blockade complete!

Li Yu estimated the distance; dismounting here and running to High Mountain Corner would take at least fifteen minutes.

They shouldn’t be able to run that fast.

Just then, Li Yu’s walkie-talkie came alive.

“Xiao Yu, our drones have found them. They’re on the southern mountain of Maple Ridge,” came Uncle’s voice.

He watched Old Lv handling the drone, his expression severe.

“Let’s go, to Maple Ridge!” Li Yu commanded the group behind him.

“Uncle, have the drones keep a lock on them, don’t let them escape!”

…..

The southern forest of Maple Ridge.

Big Knife looked at a hovering drone not far away and went numb.

“Damn it, a drone!”

“How can they have everything?!”

“Big Brother, should we surrender?!”

“Get lost! We can’t reveal our identities; we must escape!” Big Knife shouted angrily.

After a quick thought, he said, “I reckon they’ve blocked the surroundings by now, guessing we’ll run east, west, or north. Their Big Camphor Tree Base is to the south, so they might not guard that direction. Let’s go that way.”

After that, they started firing at the drone.

Bang, bang, bang!

The drone shifted in the air but was carelessly shot down.

“Damn it!” Old Lv looked disheartened as he watched the drone fall.

He shouted helplessly.

Uncle’s expression turned grim as he picked up the walkie-talkie to contact Li Yu.

“Xiao Yu, the drone was shot down by them.”

Upon hearing this, Li Yu felt frustrated.

He was increasingly determined to pursue the idea of modifying the drone.

It would be great if drones could be equipped for bomb-dropping attacks.

Once this matter was settled, he must let He Bing and Zhou Ran modify them.

They rushed to the southern part of Maple Ridge.

Yet, they found no one.

The golden hour ticked away relentlessly.

At this moment, unexpectedly, Big Knife and the others were running towards Big Camphor Tree Base.

The most dangerous place was indeed the safest place.

This group had worked under Yuan Zhi for a long time, accumulating rich experience. Otherwise, Yuan Zhi wouldn’t have sent them on the mission.

This group of people is different from the likes of Liu Weimeng; they’re the real vanguard!

After executing so many missions, Big Knife had never failed before.

“Big Brother, it seems our estimation was correct, the south really isn’t that dangerous,” Wen Sheng said.

Big Knife smiled and flipped a middle finger behind him.

“They might search till they’re dead tired and still won’t find us, haha! Let’s keep moving south, and once we bypass Big Camphor Tree Base, we can escape.”