Chapter 14 In the Car

Deng deng deng… With short, hurried footsteps, the man, feeling ashamed as a father, hunched over and began to sprint, slamming his shoulder and back hard against the steel body of the Car Person.

His physique, capable of collapsing a wall, only managed to make the Car Person stagger.

"De de de..."

The chainsaw grazed Xie Lingxi's side and struck the concrete floor, the high-speed rotating saw cutting a deep, thin line into the ground.

Zhang Yuanqing reacted at this moment as well, his leg muscles swelling, bursting out with unprecedented speed. He rushed to Xie Lingxi's side, grabbed the little girl's shoulder, and pulled her back, tossing her to Xishi behind him. At the same time, he hugged the Car Person's hand holding the chainsaw and roared:

"Everyone, attack together! Snatch his weapon!"

His voice was like the tolling of a bell, awakening the Fire Messenger and the Great Sage Equaling Heaven from their panic. The two of them pounced on the Car Person simultaneously, the irritable Fire Master crashing into the Car Person's back, while the Great Sage Equaling Heaven and Zhang Yuanqing together gripped the chainsaw, attempting to take it away.

"You will all die, you will all die..."

A loud declaration came from the speaker in the Car Person's chest. A buzzing sound, a crackle of electricity, was heard, and the car's mechanical arms "kaka" twisted, swinging violently, flinging Zhang Yuanqing and the Great Sage Equaling Heaven away.

The former landed heavily like a sandbag, his head spinning.

The latter adjusted his center of gravity in mid-air, performing two backflips to dissipate the force, landing steadily.

A Wood Sprite? This guy is a Wood Sprite? Seeing this scene, Zhang Yuanqing immediately identified the Great Sage Equaling Heaven's profession.

In the transcendent stage, level 2 Wood Sprites are also known as Wood Apes, possessing innate climbing talents and being extremely agile.

That scene of dissipating force just now could not have been accomplished by physical strength alone; it required special skills. After thinking it over, the Wood Sprite was the most likely.

"Kuang kuang kuang..."

The man ashamed as a father rained down punches on the Car Person's steel body.

But the Car Person merely swung his arm, sweeping him away, and then, wielding the chainsaw, began to pursue and kill.

In this crisis, the plain-looking middle-aged man displayed a combativeness and agility that did not match his temperament. A fierce aura gathered between his brows as he used the parked cars around him, either sprinting, lunging, or rolling, to evade the chainsaw's slashes again and again.

He was in a perilous situation.

"Fuck your grandma!" The Fire Messenger cursed, taking a running start, leaping up, and kicking the Car Person in the back with both legs.

However, the Car Person seemed to have a braking system in his feet. Its steel body trembled, its feet remaining motionless, and it quickly turned around, sweeping back its arm wielding the chainsaw.

The Fire Messenger instinctively reached out to block.

Pu!

His right palm instantly separated, "pada" falling to the ground.

The Fire Messenger then fell to the ground, letting out a heart-wrenching scream.

At this time, Zhang Yuanqing and the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, who had returned to the fray, one went up to entangle the Car Person, and the other dragged the injured Fire Messenger back.

"Dang dang..."

Zhang Yuanqing slammed two punches into the steel chest, feeling as if his bones were about to crack. His iron fists, capable of beating an eighty-year-old man to death, had become mere little fists.

The pursued target had changed from one person to two.

Relying on the Night Wanderer's physique, Zhang Yuanqing struggled to dodge the deadly attacks again and again, while quickly racking his brains.

Unable to win, unable to escape, this was simply a team-wipe dungeon. With his skills sealed, how could he possibly survive under the Car Person's hands?

But even an S-level spirit realm couldn't arrange an impossible-to-survive mission, right? There must be a way to break it, but I haven't discovered it yet... If only there was a sanctuary like in the Mountain God Temple...

A flash of inspiration struck Zhang Yuanqing's mind, and he shouted loudly:

"Get in the car, get inside the car!"

Everyone present was stunned for a moment, and then they woke up. The Great Sage Equaling Heaven grabbed at the lifeline like a drowning man, quickly took out his car keys, and pressed the unlock button.

Ten meters behind them, the car that had just been opened "beep beep"-ed twice.

The Great Sage Equaling Heaven subconsciously rushed over, but after taking a few steps, he remembered the Fire Messenger and turned back, helping him towards the car.

Xie Lingxi, her face pale, took out her car keys from her pocket and pressed the unlock button. A few meters away, a black SUV emitted a "beep beep" sound, its taillights flashing.

"It's here... Sister Xishi, let's go quickly," Xie Lingxi exclaimed in surprise.

Xishi sprinted towards the car, Xie Lingxi, supporting her waist, followed, staggering, not forgetting to call back:

"This way, this way..."

"You go first," the middle-aged man said in a low voice, ducking to avoid the chainsaw's strike.

Seeing Zhang Yuanqing hesitate, he frowned and said:

"You're too inexperienced. You don't seem like an experienced spirit realm walker at all. If I leave, you'll definitely die."

Can't I just be a profession that's not good at fighting...? Zhang Yuanqing retorted in his heart, not trying to be brave, and turned to run.

He rushed towards the SUV, pulled open the back door and jumped in, sticking his head out and shouting:

"Come quickly!"

The man ashamed as a father immediately abandoned the Car Person and rushed towards here.

"Boom boom..."

The sound of a high-pitched engine emanated from the Car Person's body, its wheeled feet propelling it forward.

The muscles on the man ashamed as a father's face were taut, the veins on his forehead bulging. He ran with a ferocious expression, but he still couldn't outrun the Car Person.

Zhang Yuanqing shouted: "Switch sides!"

He slammed the car door shut and opened the door on the other side.

The man ashamed as a father lunged to the left, avoiding the sweeping chainsaw, rolling and crawling to the other side of the car, quickly diving into the door.

Bang!

The car door closed.

The Car Person spurted gas from the air vents at its ankles, dissipating the momentum. Wielding the chainsaw, it stopped beside the car.

At this moment, the four people in the car couldn't help but hold their breath.

Half a minute passed in silence. Zhang Yuanqing breathed a sigh of relief, looking at the Car Person standing outside the car, looking around, and laughing:

"It seems my judgment was correct."

Xishi quickly cast an admiring look: "You're amazing! No wonder you're an experienced spirit realm walker."

The man ashamed as a father glanced at him.

Did he see that I'm a newbie? Zhang Yuanqing smiled slightly and said:

"I'm just good at observing."

Xie Lingxi blinked her watery eyes: "Are you a scout?"

Of course not, how could I be a 75-gold coin eye! Zhang Yuanqing smiled without saying a word.

Xie Lingxi didn't ask further and said sweetly: "Thank you, Uncle, thank you, Brother Wang Tai, for saving me just now."

The man ashamed as a father nodded slightly.

"We're companions. We need to help each other to get through the difficulties," Zhang Yuanqing's answer earned the little girl's gratitude and admiration.

The Car Person outside hadn't left yet, and the others didn't dare to leave the car for a while. Zhang Yuanqing took the opportunity to close his eyes and rest, reviewing the details after entering the parking lot:

"Xie Lingxi doesn't seem like a profession that's good at close combat. Xishi is more cautious, and I can't see her profession for the time being. The Fire Messenger is very likely a Fire Master. A violent temper can be faked, but it's impossible to fake it flawlessly."

"The man ashamed as a father gives me the feeling, hiss, a bit like Ou Xiangrong..."

He hadn't been able to discern the middle-aged man's profession before, but through the fight just now, Zhang Yuanqing felt a strong sense of ferocity on the man ashamed as a father, and he was good at close combat.

It immediately reminded him of Ou Xiangrong. The two gave him a similar feeling.

"If he's an Enchanting Demon, is he too gentle? Hmm, Ou Xiangrong had mental problems at the time and can't be used as a standard of measurement. If the uncle is an Enchanting Demon, according to the situation of opposing factions, there's a high probability that he's an evil person. After the mission is over, should I cut him down?"

"To clear the underground parking lot, we need manpower to search for keys and cooperate to fight against the Car Person. In this situation, the possibility of the murderer cutting down people is greatly reduced..."

As he was thinking, he heard Xie Lingxi say happily: "Oh, I found another card."

........

[Ding! Your condition has been met. Do you want to eliminate a team member? Failure to make a choice within thirty seconds will be regarded as giving up this opportunity.]

[Ding, you have given up this opportunity.]

........

Inside the car, everyone's attention was focused on Xie Lingxi, watching her pull out a metal card from the sun visor in the passenger seat.

The surface, painted with gold paint, had a sentence written on it:

[You have obtained an opportunity to use an item.]

An opportunity to use an item? Zhang Yuanqing saw Xishi, Xie Lingxi, and the middle-aged man's eyes light up slightly.

Compared to the Life Concentrate, a card that could use an item seemed even more important.

A well-used item could solve a problem, while the Life Nectar, although it could save lives, could not resolve a crisis.

At this moment, the Car Person outside, while shouting "Everyone must die," reluctantly skated away.

At the same time, everyone saw the countdown reappear, but this time, the time limit was two minutes and forty seconds.

It had been shortened by twenty seconds.

"What's going on? We lost 20 seconds," Xishi widened her beautiful eyes. "Does the Car Person appearing once reduce the time by 20 seconds?"

"There's another possibility," Xie Lingxi voiced her opinion. "Opening a car costs 10 seconds."

The four of them fell silent.

Regardless of which it was, neither was a good thing.

Xishi's face turned pale: "S-level dungeons are too difficult. I never want to experience them a second time in my life."

Ah? Are there even dungeons other than S-level in the world...? Zhang Yuanqing jokingly complained.

The four opened the car doors and happened to see the Great Sage Equaling Heaven supporting the Fire Messenger as he walked over. The latter's wrist was simply bandaged with a short sleeve, but this was not effective in stopping the bleeding.

In the few minutes they had hidden in the car, the blood had already stained the Fire Messenger's pants red. He was pale because of excessive blood loss.

"His situation isn't good..." The Great Sage Equaling Heaven approached the crowd, gesturing towards the wound.

Seeing that he was unwilling to speak, the Fire Messenger said weakly:

"Little girl, where's your card? Hurry up and take it out for me."

Xie Lingxi wrinkled her nose: "I'm saving it to protect my own life. Why should I give it to you?"

The Fire Messenger was furious: "I knew you were just pretending, you're a black-hearted little thing."

Xie Lingxi pouted, feeling wronged: "Why are you saying that about me? I'm not even an adult yet."

What's wrong with this girl? Does she want to reduce the number of people at this time? Zhang Yuanqing looked at her and then at the Fire Messenger.

The underground parking lot mission wasn't over yet, and searching for keys required manpower. If they didn't save the Fire Messenger, he would definitely die, which would delay the progress of the mission and reduce the team's numbers.

After a brief thought, Zhang Yuanqing said:

"How about we vote?"

The voting result was that, except for Xie Lingxi, everyone else voted in favor.

"Hmph!" Xie Lingxi reluctantly tossed the Life Concentrate card to the Fire Messenger.

[Ding! It has been detected that you are injured. Do you want to use "Life Concentrate"?]

"Yes."

A phantom spring gushed out from the metal card, covering the Fire Messenger's wrist stump. After a few seconds, flesh and blood regenerated, and a new hand grew out bit by bit.

The pale Fire Messenger glowed with health.

Seeing the wounded person taken care of, the Great Sage Equaling Heaven immediately said:

"I found that the time to find the keys has been shortened. What's going on?"

Xishi then told the other party the guesses they had made in the car. The Great Sage Equaling Heaven frowned, and the Fire Messenger shouted:

"Damn it, if this happens a few more times, will the Car Person just stay and kill us until we're all wiped out?"

With the difficulty of S-level, that's probably the case. Zhang Yuanqing sighed.

Everyone recalled the Car Person's fighting power and felt a chill in their hearts.

Xishi swallowed and said anxiously: "Don't waste time. We must find the controller and turn off the Car Person's power before the worst happens."

Xie Lingxi looked at the densely packed vehicles, those in front of her, those in the distance, and those beyond her line of sight, her delicate brows furrowed: "How can we possibly search them all..."

Anxiety and despair rose in everyone's hearts.

First find the keys and then find the controller. After a few times, the three-minute interval would be exhausted.

Alas! Zhang Yuanqing sighed and said:

"I have a method that, if feasible, should allow us to successfully clear the parking lot."

What?!

These words sounded like heavenly music in the ears of his teammates. Everyone turned their heads abruptly, looking at Wang Tai with surprise and joy.