Chapter 14 Soon

Soon, the black car screeched to a halt not far from the high-speed rail station. Liu Wudai glanced at her watch, opened the door and got out. She had her hair in a ponytail, wearing a long-sleeved windbreaker, which just covered the watch on her wrist. She wore a baseball cap, sunglasses, and a mask, covering her face tightly to prevent being easily captured by surveillance cameras.

Beneath the sunglasses and mask, she also wore a soft rubber mask given by the Special Affairs Bureau, completely changing her appearance. Even if someone saw her, they wouldn't be able to find her real identity.

Liu Wudai silently walked down the escalator of the subway station. On the way she drove over, the red dot representing her teammate hadn't moved, waiting for her to approach.

It only took her a few minutes to drive over, and she didn't see the spherical formula mentioned in the mission briefing in this direction. Therefore, she didn't need to worry that her teammate had been taken hostage by the enemy, waiting for her to fall into a trap.

The moment Liu Wudai entered the subway station, the two players spotted each other. They exchanged a silent glance and tacitly closed the distance, like an ordinary couple who had been waiting for a long time and finally met.

"Good evening."

Li Ang sized her up, his fierce, slanted eyes narrowed. "You drove here?"

Liu Wudai nodded silently. The other party probably deduced that she had driven here based on how quickly she arrived—and that her driving skills were probably quite good.

Neither of them displayed their player information—this was a deathmatch mission, the kind where you had to kill other players. It would be bad to leave a handle and be resented, even hunted down, by other organizations or individuals.

Even with teammates, you had to worry about whether the other party would sell your player information to a large organization after the mission was over.

Li Ang spoke first, "Although we can't reveal our identities, let's introduce ourselves first, so we can coordinate a bit when we fight."

Liu Wudai nodded, that made sense.

Compared to their last meeting, she had already raised her level to lv10, and her title skill had been changed from .

Her skills, equipment, and props had also been completely updated with the support of her family's power and money.

For a paying player, anything that can be bought with money is a good thing.

"I'm better at long-range attacks. If necessary, I can snipe from a kilometer away, provided I can find the target's location."

Liu Wudai said softly, "I need the assistance of a long-range reconnaissance skill."

"Long-range reconnaissance? I don't have that."

Li Ang shook his head. "My skill is a Stand User. If necessary, I can summon a Stand with extremely strong power and agility, but I have to get close."

Liu Wudai raised an eyebrow. "Like Star Platinum?"

The setting of Stand Users, like Li Ang's Ripple breathing technique, originated from the series of manga "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" by cartoonist Hirohiko Araki. It is an image with powerful power generated from the life energy within the human body, and has extraordinary abilities similar to superpowers.

As a player, Liu Wudai had also crammed on classic literary works from around the world, frantically studying various comics, movies, , TV series, and video games. She had naturally seen "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" as well.

"You know about it?"

Li Ang rubbed his chin, muttering to himself, "As expected, Stand Users are attracted to each other."

"" The corner of Liu Wudai's eye twitched, but she didn't speak.

"Beep—"

Suddenly, both of their watches vibrated simultaneously. Li Ang bent down without changing his expression, using his body to block the surveillance camera, pretending to tie his shoelaces, and subtly glanced at his watch.

On the Yin City 2D plane virtual map displayed on the watch, two circles of different sizes appeared, not concentric.

The larger circle was green, probably the barrier mentioned in the mission briefing. Li Ang and Liu Wudai were inside the green circle.

The smaller circle was completely inside the outer circle, and was blue, probably the next barrier shrinking range. It was directly east of Li Ang and the others.

Above the watch map, the words "Countdown 33 minutes 44 seconds" were also floating.

[The first barrier shrinkage will begin in 33 minutes and 44 seconds, and the system will globally broadcast player death events]

[A special item has appeared, and all players can confirm it in their watches]

[Item Name: Lunar Phase Locator]

[Type: Tool]

[Effect: Passively displays the specific locations of all players in this routine mission]

[Consumption: None]

[Note: The locator cannot be put into the backpack, and will disappear after this routine mission ends]

Liu Wudai's face changed slightly. From an angle invisible to the surveillance camera, she pulled up her sleeve and looked at her watch.

In the green circle symbolizing the range of the barrier, a bright gold diamond-shaped sign was shining brightly. Next to the sign, the words [Special Item: Lunar Phase Locator] floated.

It was only about a ten-minute drive from them.

""

Li Ang stood up as if he had finished tying his shoelaces, his expression calm. He strode toward the subway exit, and quickly said to Liu Wudai who followed, "Let's take your car."

"Okay." Liu Wudai nodded and ran wildly.

Without the locator item, the style of this mission would basically be concealment and lurking. Li Ang would have chosen to stay in the subway station until the barrier shrank before leaving by subway.

But the appearance of the locator completely changed the tone of the mission.

The player team that gets the locator first is basically equivalent to having a full-map cheat in an e-sports game.

They can completely anticipate the enemy's moves and avoid all hostile players.

Or use the map advantage to hunt down those lone or reduced teams.

Luckily or unluckily, the distance between the locator and the two was too close. It would be unreasonable not to take it. Even if they had to compete with other teams, it would be completely worth it.

The two players ran out of the subway entrance and got into the black car. Before Li Ang could fasten his seat belt,

Liu Wudai shouted in a low voice, "Hold on tight!", stepping on the accelerator to the end, and manipulating the car to ram the unmanned Land Rover SUV parked tightly in front.

The large Land Rover SUV was knocked open, a large piece of the rear of the vehicle was dented, while the black car was unscathed.

This car had undergone heavy modifications and had extremely thick armor. Its torque and horsepower were comparable to a top-level sports car. At this moment, the engine roared, and the horsepower was fully engaged, rushing into the dense traffic like a black arrow.

A faint glimmer of excitement flashed in Liu Wudai's eyes. Her slender hands firmly gripped the steering wheel, driving the car past the vehicles along the way, ignoring all the red lights, and speeding towards the location of the locator.

This mission was related to Liu Wudai's father and other victims poisoned by the Epiphyllum. Now, it was not the time to worry about traffic rules.