Comparing the strengths of Long Yue and Bai Qingcheng, the Miao King, who is valued by Bai Qingcheng, should be stronger than Long Yue. The exact difference in their power is unclear for now.
The two retreated along the original path. Yao Yao and I continued to monitor the surveillance feeds. No other enemies appeared in other directions. I even suspected they might be planning to retreat.
At this moment, Zheng Bingbing called from the rooftop: "Brother, they are starting to withdraw!"
I scratched my head. What kind of tactic was this? They sent in Long Yue, fought a battle, lost, and then ran?
No, that couldn't be it.
"Continue observing. Don't just rely on qi sensing. Do you have binoculars with you?" I asked.
"Yes, I do. What should I look for?" Bingbing replied.
"The sky!"
I still remembered the battle on Cui Ping Mountain last time. Later, those few experts from the Mohe tribe had arrived in drones. These were advanced, manned drones. After the battle, Sha Biya had taken one to study. Since their technological capabilities were not weak, could it be that their ostentatious caravan arrival was merely to probe our defenses, and their real killing blow was yet to come?
It was highly likely!
Something felt wrong. I felt a chill and immediately opened the window, shouting down to Bai Qingcheng: "Shou Zhang, I suggest we evacuate this location immediately!"
"Why?" Bai Qingcheng asked, confused.
"I think we've been ambushed!"
Before I finished speaking, Bingbing's call came again: "Brother, you're a genius! A swarm of red dots is flying from the southeast. I don't know what they are, but they're about three kilometers away!"
Qi sensing cannot detect drones. No wonder she hadn't noticed them before. It was a dark night, and only binoculars could spot them.
"Tell the comrades on the rooftop to evacuate immediately!"
"Evacuate where?" Bingbing asked.
"As far away as possible!"
Yao Yao and I were on the same wavelength. She also knew the capabilities of the Mohe Group's drones. She immediately activated the "all-channel communication" technology and, closing her eyes, shouted: "Everyone listen! Relocate immediately! Leave the station!"
"There's no time!" I said. Those experts could use their qi arts to evacuate quickly, but the snipers couldn't. It would take them a long time to get out of the station from their various positions. The drones were less than three kilometers away, and they would be here in an instant!
I ran out of the surveillance room, kicked open the door of the duty room, and asked the station staff member: "Does the station have any underground areas?"
"The basement is a parking lot."
"How can we get there quickly?"
"Every safety exit leads to the underground parking lot, for the convenience of passengers!" The staff member hadn't grasped the severity of the situation when Yao Yao grabbed him and pulled him out of the duty room.
"Hurry and take us there!"
She had finished transmitting the information, and everyone was moving quickly. By the time the three of us ran down to the first floor through the stairwell, I saw Bai Qingcheng still standing in the waiting hall, looking at me in confusion.
"Come over quickly! Bring the box!" I shouted.
Bai Qingcheng remained motionless. In desperation, I charged out directly, grabbed the box, and ran back. Just as Bai Qingcheng was about to stop me, a deafening explosion sounded from above. The ceiling was blasted open, and a bomb as thick as an arm fell, heading straight for my head!
It was indeed drone bombing!
Even if I could dodge the bomb, I couldn't dodge the shockwave! My mind went blank for a moment. In that critical juncture, I felt a tightening around my waist. I looked down and saw a three-foot white silk wrapped around my waist. Bai Qingcheng yanked hard, pulling me flying out of my original position and onto the stairwell. Yao Yao immediately caught me, "unloading" me. The white silk tightened around my waist again, and Bai Qingcheng, using the momentum, flew over as well.
So, this white silk could extend to almost twenty meters!
As Bai Qingcheng collided with me, the bomb exploded precisely where the square box had been. The staff member had already entered the underground area first. The shockwave compressed the three of us like a sandwich, pushing us into the stairwell.
When I recovered and opened my eyes, Daji, Diana, and Shao Chen had arrived from the underground area to meet us. They pulled and dragged the three of us out of the rubble, carrying us one by one through the underground parking lot. They found a small corner with walls on three sides and stopped. This kind of structure was relatively stable and less prone to collapse.