When the rocket was launched, Jiang Baimian shouted urgently:

"Turn!"

She saw the flash of fire in the distance.

Along the way, Jiang Baimian had not given up monitoring the surrounding environment, with the focus undoubtedly on those places suitable for sniping and bombing.

Not only her, Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong, who were wearing military exoskeleton devices, were also doing similar things, relying on the "Comprehensive Early Warning System" to observe the rear areas on both sides.

Similarly, Bai Chen, who was driving, was also paying attention to the front and left front.

Therefore, discovering the rocket attack in advance was not a coincidence, but an inevitable event. It was a coincidence that Jiang Baimian discovered it. In short, if Jiang Baimian didn't discover it, Shang Jianyao would, and if Shang Jianyao didn't discover it, Long Yuehong or Bai Chen would.

With a screeching sound, Bai Chen suddenly swung the steering wheel.

The sapphire blue jeep turned to the left in a near-uncontrollable manner, dragging a clear track on the ground.

Boom!

The rocket passed through the original position of the jeep and exploded on the side a little further away.

In the rolling flames, the fierce shockwave, combined with the strong inertia brought by the jeep's sharp turn, overturned the vehicle, crashing it into a roadside tree.

Bang!

The roadside tree tilted to the side, bringing out a large amount of soil. The jeep finally stopped, its right side facing up.

Because the car was equipped with thick steel plates, the shockwave did not cause significant harm to the passengers inside.

But Long Yuehong was still a little scared.

He had never felt the importance of wearing a seatbelt as much as he did at this moment.

Previously, in order to wear the military exoskeleton devices, he and Shang Jianyao had removed their seatbelts, and as a result, during the sharp turn and rollover, they almost flew out of their positions, colliding back and forth inside the car, or being thrown out of the window with glass shards all over them.

Fortunately, they were wearing military exoskeleton devices, and in a flash of lightning, they relied on mechanical power to fix themselves in place.

Even so, Long Yuehong was dizzy and short of breath.

Of course, he at least did not relax his control over his bladder because of this accident, and let the long-held urine pour out.

Snap, Shang Jianyao pushed open the car door upwards, his knees driving the auxiliary joints, and jumped directly out of the jeep.

He raised his left arm, adjusted the grenade launcher, and using the previously observed results, launched a grenade at a distant location.

In the sound of the explosion, he bent down, stretched out his right arm, and forcibly lifted "Garibaldi" Giuseppe up.

While Long Yuehong was helping Giuseppe unfasten his seatbelt, he half-climbed and half-jumped out of the overturned jeep.

On the other side, Jiang Baimian also opened the passenger door, using it as a defensive fortification, and crawled out. Then she dragged Bai Chen away from the more severely damaged driving area.

"Forget the car, head to Xiao Chong!" Jiang Baimian ordered.

She didn't expect the attackers to have followed them and set up an ambush here.

No, it doesn't seem like they followed, but rather a pre-arranged ambush... Do they also have Awakened who are good at "prophecy"? Or, did they grasp the existence of Xiao Chong and know that we would run this way? But even Master Zannaqie doesn't know... In this race against time, Jiang Baimian could only let those thoughts flash through her mind, without time to do further analysis.

Shang Jianyao put "Garibaldi" under his armpit and squeezed it tightly.

Then, while using the grenade launcher to suppress the enemies thirty meters away, he bent his legs, preparing to use the military exoskeleton device to bounce towards the roadside and rush into the target apartment in a few leaps.

At the same time, he also cleared his throat and shouted loudly:

"Xiao Chong! Xiao Chong!"

Shang Jianyao, whose body was covered with metal bones and who had a tactical backpack slung over his shoulders, jumped up.

But as he was in mid-air, he suddenly felt that the military exoskeleton device had become "heavier."

It was as if an invisible hand, through the medium of the metal bones, pressed down hard on his shoulders.

Snap!

Shang Jianyao's "Great Peng Soaring" turned into "Chicken Flying Around," only rising to half the intended height before being forced down, making a forced landing.

He barely adjusted his balance, trying to stabilize himself by taking a few steps forward.

At this moment, he felt his ankle being pulled by the corresponding auxiliary joint.

Shang Jianyao simply gave up, leading "Garibaldi" Giuseppe to transform into a Invincible Fire Wheel.

Like him, Long Yuehong, who was carrying Bai Chen to the apartment where Xiao Chong was, also encountered an invisible pull.

He felt that the auxiliary joint of his right foot had become a tool of the invisible enemy, and that his left foot had betrayed him.

Staggering, Long Yuehong completed a faceplant on the ground.

Clang!

The metal bones on his body collided with the ground.

Jiang Baimian, who was sprinting at full speed for a short distance, was the same. Her feet seemed to be caught by invisible ropes while running, leaving the ground and struggling in mid-air.

After kicking a few times without success, Jiang Baimian took advantage of the situation to curl up and roll.

As soon as the rolling stopped, she planned to raise the grenade launcher slung over her body to continue suppressing the distant enemies and cover her companions' retreat.

At this moment, she found the weapon so heavy that she could barely lift it.

It was as if someone was fighting her for it!

Jiang Baimian gritted her teeth and exerted her left arm, forcibly "dragging" and winning against the invisible enemy, raising the grenade launcher.

She roughly knew what was going on:

After failing to achieve the expected results with "Forced Sleep" and "True Dream," the Awakened at the "Mind Corridor" level gave up remote manipulation, closed the distance with the "Old Task Force," and used the basic ability of interfering with matter to affect their every move.

Perhaps he was still maintaining a safe enough distance, or perhaps his level was not as good as Zannaqie's, and the force he exerted showed a clear difference, even unable to resist the strange power of Jiang Baimian's electric eel-type bionic limb.

However, this could still cause interference, fatal interference.

Regardless of whether they were wearing military exoskeleton devices, human balance during movement was very delicate. At this time, pushing, pulling, tugging, or pressing in key positions, as long as the force could reach the minimum limit, it would be enough to make the target lose balance and fail to complete the intended action.

People like Long Yuehong who were assisted by military exoskeleton devices and people like Jiang Baimian who could climb over building ruins as if walking on flat ground might be able to quickly adjust back after losing their balance, but it would also delay the most precious time.

If this was combined with "Forced Sleep," even if several members of the "Old Task Force" could wake up quickly due to the urge to urinate after falling asleep, they would not have time to counterattack, suppress, or evade due to the interference, and would be killed by the distant enemies.

As long as they did not enter Shang Jianyao's range of "missing hand movements."

This was Jiang Baimian's biggest concern now.

The next second, she fell asleep, and Shang Jianyao and others also fell asleep.

…………

North Shore Wastelands, in the small town ruins where Han Wanghuo and others were sheltering from the rain.

After Ge Nawa finished sending the telegram and waited for a long time, he still didn't receive a reply from Jiang Baimian's squad.

"Something's not right..." Zeng Duo muttered.

This was the time agreed upon by both sides to send the telegram.

"Did something delay them over there?" Han Wanghuo frowned and guessed.

"That's the best case scenario." Ge Nawa scanned around with his flashing red eyes, "The worst possibility is that the guy earlier used the method of sending a telegram to inform his companions of the whereabouts of Da Bai and the people we're feeding, and his companions are in the Initial City."

Han Wanghuo hesitated and said:

"But aren't Xue Shiyue and the others at the headquarters of the 'Crystal Consciousness Church'?

"There should be many strong people there."

During this period, they had learned through telegrams that Sicaro Temple was the headquarters of the "Crystal Consciousness Church."

"That's true, but you can never rule out accidents." Ge Nawa said quite cautiously.

Zeng Duo looked at the jumping bonfire:

"Then what should we do, what can we do?"

Even if their squad wanted to help, it would be like trying to quench a fire with water from afar.

Ge Nawa and Han Wanghuo both fell silent, because they couldn't think of anything they could do for the time being.

The only difference between the two was that Ge Nawa was still enumerating possible directions, while Han Wanghuo was trying to focus on doing a little bit as much as he could.

…………

The four members of the "Old Task Force" and "Garibaldi" successively woke up due to the urge to urinate.

At this time, the distant enemies had completed their aiming.

Long Yuehong's movements, attempting to use the military exoskeleton device to bounce away with Bai Chen, were clearly interfered with, failing to leap too far and remaining within the rocket launcher's range.

Just then, the hair-wrapped bracelet on Shang Jianyao's left wrist burst into flames.

"Ring of Blindness!"

Relying on this item, Shang Jianyao's sensing range instantly expanded to one hundred meters, capturing the enemy carrying the rocket launcher.

In a flash of fire, the man could see nothing.

He couldn't help but feel anxious, and his body subconsciously leaned back a little, adding some angle to the launched rocket as well.

Boom!

The rocket crossed over the location of Jiang Baimian and the others, and landed on the other side of the sapphire blue jeep.

The intense explosion caused terrible cracks in the car windows.