Chapter 863: Are They Working Together? They’re Coming for Us! (2)

Chapter 863 -712: Are They Working Together? They’re Coming for Us! (2)

On the highway, Iron Claw roared angrily, as the mechanical limbs on his back frantically clawed at the ground. He dashed along the surface, resembling a furious ten-clawed spider, hurtling towards the clump of grass where the leeches had gathered at an astonishing speed.

Each step left several ravines in the ground, exuding a terrifying aura.

In the grass, a dozen mechanical leeches executed their preset enemy baiting programs and quickly dispersed.

A few of them leapt high again, like suicide bombs, fearlessly crashing head-on into the speeding Iron Claw.

The blades spun at high speed on Iron Claw’s mechanical limbs, casually sweeping.

Pong! Pong! Pong!

A series of dull sounds, several leeches were blown apart in mid-air, turning into small fireballs and fragments.

Although unable to cause substantial damage, the explosions and smoke effectively slowed his pace.

Meanwhile, the remaining leeches rapidly escaped in the same direction through bouncing and burrowing in the grass.

Iron Claw, naturally unwilling to stop, immediately pursued relentlessly.

It seemed he believed that capturing all the leeches would lead him to the detestable corpse thief.

Yet, in the opposite direction of Iron Claw charging, deep in the grass.

Listening to the continuous explosion sounds and increasingly distant angry shouts coming from afar behind him, Chen Town pressed his elbow to the ground, his waist led his hips to wriggle side to side, like a seductive swamp crocodile, crawling quickly and silently along the ground in retreat.

….

Inside the abandoned gas station.

Shadow Scorpion impatiently glanced at the timer embedded in his arm, letting out a cold sneer:

“What’s that fool Iron Claw up to? Why is he dawdling and still not back? Surely he hasn’t completely lost his mind and gotten lost in some grass pit?”

Fire Raven suspiciously turned his head, looking in a certain direction outside the gas station, doubtfully saying:

“Shh… Did any of you hear something? It seems… it’s coming from over by the highway? The distance doesn’t seem too far.”

At the same time, inside the flat house on the other side.

Xu Yingyan observed the white human-spider lured away by the sentinels while his hands moved quickly, switching the scenes on other surveillance screens to check for any new trackers or undiscovered dangers.

Suddenly, his expression changed slightly, and he urgently said:

“Captain! The gate of the Second Prison is open, vehicles are coming out, there are two in total, heading quickly along the highway!!!”

Zhang Shenyi’s pupils suddenly contracted to needlepoints.

Vehicles suddenly coming out of the Second Prison at this critical moment—is it a coincidence, or is it related to the attack happening on the highway?

He immediately asked, “Who’s in the cars?”

“Attempting identification!”

Xu Yingyan responded swiftly, his hands on the control panel forming a blur.

Two stealth drones altered their cruising paths, swooping down sharply like startled hawks, with the high-definition cameras zooming frantically.

After a violent shake, the image on the main screen suddenly became clear.

Inside the first vehicle, there were three people in total.

In the front row, the driver and passenger seats, both men wore identical black uniforms, with shoulder epaulettes clearly identifying them as prison guards from Second Prison.

The man in the driver’s seat appeared somewhat refined, with long fingers, steadily gripping the steering wheel, more like a clerical officer than a prison guard.

The man in the passenger seat was completely different; even merely resting quietly against the seat, he emitted a highly discomforting aura through the cold screen.

His gaze was fierce, with lips curled downward like a snake lurking in the shadows, exuding a dangerous vibe.

The rear seat held a man dressed in a constable’s uniform, his face slightly pale, hands placed flatly on his knees, seated with a rigid, humorless posture.

Xu Yingyan quickly tapped the keyboard, and the facial recognition system on the screen immediately popped up square frames, locking onto the faces of the three inside.

Worries Relief Studio’s professionalism was fully apparent at this moment.

Before arriving, they had used various technical means to record all registered prison guard identities and facial features within Second Prison into the studio’s information database.

Almost at the moment the facial lock was completed, the search system emitted two “beep” sounds.

[Liu Yi, Second-level Prison Guard, File Number D7-284]

[Gong Qi, Third-level Prison Guard, File Number C7-315]

“The constable in the back seat, he’s not in our database.”

Xu Yingyan sped up his speech,

“But I’ll immediately hack into the Patrol Office’s internal system for comparison…”

Xu Yingyan was just about to strike the keyboard, hacking into the Patrol Office’s internal system for a match.

The man from the Mechanical Department suddenly stepped forward and urged:

“No need to investigate further, this person is Chang Erbing from the Patrol Office. Why is he at the Second Prison? Quickly check the first vehicle.”

Xu Yingyan turned to look at Zhang Shenyi, who gave a barely perceptible nod. Xu immediately pushed the control lever, and the drone camera swiftly turned to the rear vehicle.

The image came through clearly:

The driver’s seat was occupied by a young man who had slightly faded lip stubble. His facial features were sharp and angular, giving an impression of rock-hard determination and stubbornness.

The front passenger seat was empty, with no one occupying it, while two men sat side by side in the back seat.

On the left was a constable in uniform, displaying a smile, while on the right was a man wearing rimmed glasses, exuding an inexplicable warmth through the lens.

The search system quickly popped up identification results:

[Driver’s seat: Identification match – Tian Xiaohai]

[Identity: Prison Guard (internship)]

[Archive Number: E9-102]

[Back seat left: Search found no matching target, not a registered member of Second Prison, no record in the database.]

[Back seat right: Identification match – Feng Mu!!!]

The last name was marked in glaring red!

“Report to the captain! Target spotted! Repeat, confirmed target Feng Mu is inside the second vehicle!”

Xu Yingyan’s voice suddenly heightened.

The man from the Mechanical Department was almost simultaneously excited:

“That’s right! It’s him! This person is Feng Mu! And sitting next to him… is Li Shang?! Why is he here as well?!!”

Members of the Worries Relief Studio were unfamiliar with the name “Li Shang,” and there was no relevant information in the database.

The man from the Mechanical Department knew very well – capturing Feng Mu was meant to deal with Li Shang.

And dealing with Li Shang was because he was tightly tied to Member of Parliament Wang Xinfa.

Now, Li Shang and Feng Mu appearing together in the car, does that mean they can be… captured in one fell swoop?!!

The man’s mind was racing wildly, his mouth muttering incessantly:

“Li Shang and Feng Mu together, White Mask helping them kill people, which is equivalent to saying Du Changle is also here. There must be some shady secret behind this.

If we can capture them all and uncover this secret…”

His breathing became heavy as if already envisioning a beautiful scene in the future.

“If we could take this chance to capture them all, get them imprisoned, force them to speak…”

The man’s lips were bitten in excitement, his eyes burning as he looked at Zhang Shenyi.

Yet, just when “start capturing them” was about to escape his mouth, he swallowed hard, lowered his voice, and said:

“No… don’t act yet! Let them leave!”

At the final moment, he suppressed the turmoil in his heart, rationality coming online.

Capturing Feng Mu, Li Shang, and White Mask together was far too risky.

Not to mention that the Worries Relief Studio wouldn’t take his words seriously, even if they did, the commotion caused by such a move would be immense.

Secretly capturing someone was meant to fabricate evidence, then initiate a political sneak attack.

But if the disruption were too significant, it wouldn’t be called a sneak attack, it would be a frontal assault.

The difficulty involved, and Member of Parliament Wang Xinfa’s counteraction intensity, could be imagined by anyone with a bit of prudence.

The man from the Mechanical Department gritted his teeth, every word dripping with deep unwillingness:

“We need to secretly capture Feng Mu, so everyone in the accompanying car must be silenced, but Li Shang cannot die, so let them go and wait for the next chance when Feng Mu is alone.”

Capturing Feng Mu was meant to frame Li Shang, and if Li Shang died first, what would be left to capture?

However, Zhang Shenyi didn’t immediately respond, not because he was reluctant to give up this chance. With his caution, he’d rather reassess the difficulty of the mission and redeploy the plan.

But the problem is, even if he’s willing, it doesn’t mean that the people in those two vehicles will appreciate it.

After all, the White Mask was in cahoots with the Second Prison, which means the two vehicles from the Second Prison were reinforcements called by the White Mask.

This detail was just reminded to the Worries Relief Studio by the man from the Mechanical Department.

Zhang Shenyi’s gaze slowly turned to the man from the Mechanical Department, his eyes showing a hint of gravity:

“You said earlier, the White Mask was helping the Second Prison kill people, so do you think the two vehicles from the Second Prison might actually be helping the White Mask search for a missing corpse?”

The man from the Mechanical Department’s face changed at the words, an inexplicable ominous feeling surfaced in his heart. He turned and stared at the surveillance screen, unblinkingly…