After Bai Chen drove away, a constant stream of Ruins Hunters and peacekeepers arrived at the scene.

They would occasionally stop their vehicles or pause their steps, asking passersby on the street, and then follow their answers towards the parking lot.

The most experienced among them chose to take a roundabout route, blocking the other exits.

After reaching the corresponding areas, they carefully observed the vehicles coming out, comparing them with the black sedan in the intelligence.

The "Old Task Force's" dark-colored SUV with tinted windows passed by them, heading into the distance.

…………

Before long, Theodore, Wall, and Constance arrived at the parking lot in the northwest direction of Antana Street from different locations.

"Have you found the target vehicle?" Theodore, whose prisoner was forcibly snatched away by Xue Shiyue's team, was the most anxious. He picked up his phone and questioned one of his subordinates who had arrived earlier.

This search operation was actually led by someone more capable than them, but a strong individual of that stature would definitely not personally do the investigation. Instead, they would choose to stay in a certain place, covering the target area as much as possible, while the detailed tasks were still left to the people below.

Theodore's biggest regret was that after discovering that Han Wanghuo only had a female companion, he felt that he could easily handle it. He didn't ask for assistance from above, but only asked his colleagues to help surround and intercept them. By the time he was attacked and reported it to the superiors, it was too late for them to arrive – there was no "teleportation" ability on the Ashlands, and without identification, even awakeners at the "Mind Corridor" level would find it difficult to distinguish which human consciousness belonged to which person, making it impossible to track.

Theodore's subordinate replied quickly:

"Looking for it. There are a lot of vehicles here."

Theodore looked around and issued a new order:

"First, send people to block the other exits!"

The inside of the parking lot could be searched slowly.

At the same time, Wall and Constance also issued similar orders to their subordinates.

Unlike Theodore, Wall specifically emphasized:

"Retrieve the parking lot's surveillance footage."

After a few minutes, the peacekeepers reported one after another:

"Boss, the target vehicle has been found. It's parked in a corner, and there's no one inside!"

"Sir, the surveillance cameras here have been damaged."

……

The messages were fed back to the trio, allowing them to quickly sort out the current situation.

Almost at the same moment, a word flashed through their minds, as they were all very experienced:

"Car switch!"

Wall immediately issued a new order:

"Check the original surveillance footage to see which cars entered the parking lot in the last hour!"

Constance added:

"Ask the parking lot staff if any vehicles are missing."

They were considering two possibilities: either someone from Xue Shiyue's team was there to meet them at the parking lot, or they directly stole another vehicle.

Because the surveillance cameras at the entrances and exits were broken, and hadn't recorded which vehicles had left in the last ten minutes, Wall and others could only use this clumsy method.

Obviously, this would waste a lot of time on investigation.

After listening to Wall and Constance, Theodore's heart stirred, and he hurriedly ordered:

"Check the surveillance cameras on the street outside the exits!"

This would show which vehicles had passed by in a short period of time, including those that had left the parking lot.

Theodore didn't believe that Xue Shiyue's team would shoot every camera along the way, as that would be leaving clues.

Before long, his subordinate reported to him:

"Boss, there are no surveillance cameras on the streets outside the three exits.

"This is the Green Olive District, and it's very close to Antana Street."

As a place where lower-class citizens and outsiders gathered, the Green Olive District had always been poorly managed, and the corresponding funding was insufficient. How could it be like certain areas in the Red Wolf District and the Golden Apple District, with enough cameras to monitor the streets?

Here, there were plenty of people starving and willing to take risks for food. If the "Hands of Order" dared to spend huge sums of money installing a large number of cameras in the Green Olive District, they would dare to take down these electronic products and exchange them for a few loaves of bread. And the various gangs would also hire some lower-class citizens to "deal with" the surveillance cameras, to see if you could catch people faster, or if we could destroy things faster.

The other streets in the Green Olive District were like this, so how could Antana Street, known for its black market, be an exception? How could the people here allow surveillance cameras to exist nearby?

Only private places like parking lots, where the owners had lost vehicles for many years, would install a few.

Han Wanghuo had initially chosen to live in this area, not without this consideration.

The subordinate's report made Theodore's face turn pale. He wanted to get angry, but he didn't know who to get angry at.

In this matter, his subordinates were definitely not at fault, as this was not the area they routinely managed.

Theodore himself was not very clear about this, as he spent most of his time in the Golden Apple District and the Red Wolf District, only occasionally coming to the Green Olive District for a case.

…………

Bai Chen drove the vehicle all the way to the port area of the Green Olive District.

Along the way, the team members remained silent, highly vigilant against accidents.

After passing through alleys and streets, the dark-colored SUV stopped in a deserted corner.

The Green Olive District was much quieter during the day than at night.

Shang Jianyao and the others got out of the car one after another, heading to the other side of the corner.

There, the team's own modified Jeep was parked.

They walked quickly, worried that someone might suddenly pass by and see them.

If that really happened, the "Old Task Force" really couldn't bring themselves to draw their guns and kill the eyewitnesses, or use other methods to make them disappear. They would only choose to let Shang Jianyao go up and use "Reasoning Clown" to make the target ignore what they had seen, but that wouldn't prevent the "Anti-Intellectual Church's" "Shepherd" Buyong.

Genaava, carrying Han Wanghuo, and Jiang Baimian, carrying the short, thin woman, were the first to get into the Jeep and sit in the back seat.

——The "Old Task Force" had anticipated this situation in advance, so they didn't put all the military exoskeletons on the car, and the space was relatively spacious.

"You sit in the back row." Shang Jianyao looked at Long Yuehong and said quickly.

His hand had already opened the passenger door.

Long Yuehong didn't ask why. This was not a good time to argue.

After all the team members got into the car, Bai Chen stepped on the gas pedal, and Long Yuehong asked Shang Jianyao:

"Why did you suddenly want to sit in the front?"

"You're only one meter seventy-five tall and have a slim build, so you take up the least space." Shang Jianyao replied seriously, in a very academic tone.

For a moment, Long Yuehong didn't know if this guy was being realistic or just taking the opportunity to humiliate himself.

He blurted out:

"Old Ge takes up more space than you. Even if we have to switch, it should be me and him."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a slight clicking sound from Genaava's body.

The intelligent robot "folded" his hands and feet, and folded up part of his body.

If he didn't have to hold Han Wanghuo, he could definitely fit himself into a box containing military exoskeletons.

"I can only take up very little space." Genaava used facts to prove that Long Yuehong's previous statement was wrong.

Long Yuehong was speechless.

After transferring to the Jeep, the "Old Task Force" went all the way to the Golden Wheat District. When there was no one around, they quickly took Han Wanghuo and his female companion back to a safe house.

…………

Han Wanghuo woke up groggily and saw several familiar faces.

They were Xue Shiyue, Zhang Qubing, Qian Bai, and Gu Zhiyong.

"You're awake?" Shang Jianyao asked happily.

Jiang Baimian and the others also smiled.

Han Wanghuo was stunned for a moment, and then regained his thoughts.

His heart stirred, and he blurted out:

"The ones being wanted by the 'Hands of Order' are actually you?"

Jiang Baimian's smile froze on her face.

After a few seconds, she said with a dry laugh:

"Sort of.

"Purely an accident, an accident."

Han Wanghuo confirmed his guess and turned his head to look for Zeng Duo.

Before he could ask, he saw that the other party was lying next to him.

At this time, Zeng Duo also gradually woke up, looking at Shang Jianyao and the others with confusion and vigilance.

"My friend." Han Wanghuo sat up and explained simply, "They are being wanted by the 'Hands of Order'."

Zeng Duo's eyes widened slightly, and she couldn't help but cough.

How did this team manage to be so valued by the "Hands of Order" that they were making such a big deal out of it?

What exactly did they do?

"Ahem." Jiang Baimian cleared her throat. "That's another matter. We'll talk about it later. Old Han, no matter what mission you took, it doesn't seem so easy to complete now. We have to lie low for a while. Well, we know all about your situation. Have you considered a mechanical heart?"

"That's too expensive." Han Wanghuo replied calmly, "And even if you have access and discounts, you can't find someone to install it for me now."

Yeah... Jiang Baimian replied in her heart, as if she had a toothache.

Under the circumstances of being chased by the "Hands of Order" all over the city, they were not suitable for "showing their faces," let alone contacting "workshops" that could do mechanical heart transplants.

Long Yuehong, who was next to them, sighed about something hidden in Han Wanghuo's words:

On the Ashlands, a human heart is not as valuable as a mechanical heart.

"What about an artificial heart?" Shang Jianyao suggested another solution.

"How long will it take?" Han Wanghuo didn't question whether the other party had the technology, and directly asked the most critical question.

First, we have to take you back to the company, then check your body, extract DNA, do various analyses, and finally determine a plan and formally implement it... Jiang Baimian said, weighing her words:

"At least five months."

This wasn't the Old World, where things could be rushed by taking a plane, and a sample could be sent back first to save time.

Han Wanghuo slowly exhaled:

"I should only have three months or even less."

"Didn't the doctor say that it could still be maintained for two years with just medication?" Jiang Baimian asked suspiciously.

Han Wanghuo was not surprised that they knew this, and looked at Zeng Duo next to him and said:

"That was originally the case, but just now, my heart was affected, and I think its condition is much worse."