"Ah! ~........."
Chen Jiaye's piercing screams continued to ring out.
The moment Ye Feng spoke, he had swiftly thrown a flying knife at Chen Jiaye, piercing his gun-holding wrist.
"Ah! Ah! ~........."
Chen Jiaye's M4 had already dropped to the ground. He clutched his bleeding wrist, groaning incessantly.
"Traitor!"
"Scoundrel!"
At this moment, Li Sen and Qiqudan also reacted, rushing forward to grab Chen Jiaye.
Following that, including Xiao Lang, the remaining three members of Li Sen's convoy stepped forward and rained blows and kicks upon Chen Jiaye, venting their fury.
"Scoundrel! Avengemy brother!"
"Betraying your brothers!"
"You scum, you were the one who released the Cui Misi inducer earlier, weren't you!"
"I knew it wasn't a coincidence. When you were on duty, that package just appeared out of nowhere!"
"........."
Soon, Chen Jiaye lay on the ground, bruised and swollen, groaning.
Ye Feng gradually understood the situation.
It turned out that Chen Jiaye had colluded with the Bald Gang. They had somehow found Mei You and Bi Mao and ambushed Li Sen's convoy, stealing their scarce pieces of arcane raw stones. However, Mei You and Bi Mao seemed to be in a hurry to get somewhere and left quickly.
Chen Jiaye was only able to lead the way and couldn't properly loot Li Sen and the others for spoils. Afterwards, he fled back and, on the way, encountered Xiao Lang, whom Li Sen had sent on an errand.
Thus, the scene that had just unfolded.
"Kid, don't get cocky. I've already reported your possible status as a bracelet holder to the Skull Society!"
"Prepare to face the endless pursuit of the Skull Society!"
At this moment, Chen Jiaye, bound and gagged, with a crooked nose and several missing teeth, glared fiercely at Ye Feng and sneered.
"Oh~!"
Upon hearing this, Ye Feng showed no particular reaction, merely uttering a soft "Oh."
"Chen Jiaye, you traitor, you've returned at the perfect time. We'll use your scoundrel blood to mourn the souls of our fallen brothers!" Li Sen roared, his eyes blazing.
Then, Li Sen, with Chen Jiaye bound tightly, dragged him towards the bodies of the convoy members. Qiqudan, Xiao Lang, and the others followed.
"Li Sen, Qiqudan, what are you going to do to me?"
"I'm telling you, I'm someone with connections now. If you dare to lay a single finger on me, Boss Su Shu of the Bald Gang, Lord Mei, and Lord Bi will not let you go..."
"Let go of me..."
"Ah!........."
"Sss! Hiss! Hiss!........."
As a scream faded, Chen Jiaye's voice was utterly silenced. Li Sen had decapitated him with a single stroke, leaving only the sound of blood gushing from his severed neck.
Li Sen, Qiqudan, and the others offered farewells to the fallen convoy members, then doused them with gasoline and set them ablaze.
Ye Feng also stepped forward, lit a whole pack of cigarettes, and placed them in the ground.
"........."
Half an hour later,
Ye Feng and his group resumed their journey.
Inside the Hummer,
"A five-hour effect? Those potions Mei You and Bi Mao used to suppress arcane energy within the human body..." Ye Feng mumbled softly, half-reclined in the back seat.
As they were leaving, he had casually asked Li Sen about his arcane energy recovery. He learned that after being administered that strange potion, his body's arcane energy would be suppressed for about five hours before gradually recovering.
"This is truly troublesome. Who have I offended... I don't recall anyone like that!"
Immediately after, Ye Feng's voice sounded somewhat dejected.
This was because Qiqudan had told him that he had a bounty placed on his head. Qiqudan was also unaware of who had issued the bounty, only recalling that the voice sounded like a woman's, and that even from a distance, she could sense a great danger.
"Don't tell me you owe some romantic debt somewhere!"
At this moment, Xue Yuli teased Ye Feng.
Ye Feng: "........."
"........."
Subsequently, the Hummer sped towards the sandstorm zone.
Around two in the afternoon,
Ye Feng and the other two arrived at an incredibly scorching location.
Inside the Hummer,
"Sister Xue, it's so much hotter here than in other regions. Even the air from the air conditioner feels lukewarm!"
Xiao Xiao said, fiddling with the air conditioning and occasionally sensing the airflow with the back of her hand.
"This terrain is special. It's in a relatively low-lying area, so heat cannot dissipate. Moreover, there's not much wind, so naturally, it's hotter than other places!"
Xue Yuli nodded.
"Speaking of which, is Ye Feng really alright? The outside temperature is at least 50 degrees Celsius, let alone the sand on the ground..."
"At this temperature... one could suffer heatstroke in minutes!"
Looking at Ye Feng outside the Hummer, who was wearing only a T-shirt and standing under the scorching sun, fiddling with something, Xue Yuli couldn't help but feel worried.
"He should be fine! Big Brother is very capable. He always has his own considerations for what he does!"
Ye Feng, who had approached the window and watched Ye Feng for a moment, replied.
Not far from the Hummer, by a smooth stone pedestal, Ye Feng was sitting under the intense sun, frying eggs and grilling slices of meat.
Earlier, Ye Feng had discovered that after experiencing harsh environments, the progress bar of [Strength (Black Iron Primary)] in his personal information panel would also increase, similar to how he used to train his body with large stone blocks.
Therefore, under the extreme heat, Ye Feng decided to seize the opportunity to train himself, and so he got out of the Hummer.
Subsequently, he found himself standing foolishly in the scorching hot sand, so he simply took out a foil container, spread it on the sand, and began to fry eggs and grill meat.
Under the high temperature, the eggs and meat sizzled as they were cooked in the foil container, and their aroma began to waft.
"Damn, I can't stay in the sun any longer. I'll get heatstroke if I do!"
Feeling a slight dizziness, Ye Feng quickly packed up the grilled meat and fried eggs and hurried back to the Hummer.
"Xiao Xiao, Yuli, come and have some grilled meat and fried eggs!"
Upon entering the Hummer, Ye Feng immediately called out to the two. He then took out a bottle of mineral water, sprinkled some salt into it, and drank it down in large gulps.
"Ye Feng, didn't we just have lunch...?"
Xue Yuli was somewhat speechless.
Xiao Xiao, however, was already beginning to savor the impromptu fried eggs and grilled meat made by Ye Feng.
After quenching his thirst, Ye Feng also started eating.
"Bang bang bang! ~"
As the three were finishing the grilled meat and fried eggs, a dull thudding sound suddenly came from the ground, as if the entire earth were shaking.
"What the heck?"
Ye Feng was puzzled and immediately looked out the window.
"Big Brother, over there, there are robots!"
Xiao Xiao was the first to spot the source of the tremor. "They look similar to the ones we saw before! ~"
"It's people from Mech City!"
Following the direction Xiao Xiao pointed, Xue Yuli's expression shifted slightly.
"........."