Sky-cracking Rider-Chapter 371: Section 367 - Survival

"Phew..."

Everyone turned their attention to him, and Chen Fei let out a sigh, saying, "You’re right, Kiterley!"

The Dog System was indeed best suited for Kiterley after all.

In the end, the system had been misspent.

Dog System: ...

The two teams exerted their full effort and soon found the vent leading out of the Supreme Council Hall, which was perfect for the Mobile Base Vehicle to exit.

Even if the opening wasn’t large enough, it was no trouble to have the Earth Element User enlarge the diameter, or to reduce the size of the Mobile Base Vehicle itself.

The most important thing was to safely return to the surface.

Half an hour later, the group re-boarded the Mobile Base Vehicle, turned on the headlights full blast, and dove into the designated tunnel.

The 10 cm cubic Crystalline Block they had acquired was immediately used on the Mobile Base Vehicle. Although the storage capacity wasn’t fully charged, its endurance significantly increased; there was no fear of running out of power. It was perfect because, just then, the Mutants had caught up, and it would have been awkward otherwise.

"We’ve finally gotten away, hey, aren’t you done washing yet?"

Holy Knight Walter Sam banged on the bathroom door, as everyone was waiting in line to shower.

Even the Green Scale Colt Mini detested his stench so much, it refused to let him come close, which was really infuriating.

"What’s the rush, I’m washing my hair right now!"

The person in the bathroom responded with an exasperated roar.

Even just standing still in the Hall of the Supreme Council, one would get suffused with the malodorous air, akin to stinky tofu that only needed three minutes to acquire its full taste.

For both teams, two bathrooms were simply not enough, especially for the female members, who couldn’t face others until they had thoroughly washed for over an hour.

The air filtration system inside the carriage was operating at full capacity, yet it was barely effective. Some people had been in contact with the filth and now smelled horrific.

"Damn, it was like soaking in shit before, hmm, how exactly did our Mobile Base Vehicle make it out? Could it be..."

"Shut up!!!" ×20!

Apu, ever the blunt boy, had barely started speaking the stark truth when everyone interrupted him in unison.

This killed the conversation, didn’t this guy know how to stay quiet?!!

Apart from him, everyone else in the carriage, both those waiting for and finished with their showers, simultaneously turned pale. They couldn’t bear to think about it!

Team 18’s captain, Captain Moron, frowned and said, "Your guy really knows how to talk, huh!"

Due to the accumulated putrid smells, even the respirators were failing now.

"Haha!"

Adrian had a massive headache and could only muster a strained smile.

Apu, the big dark fellow, often caused him distress unintentionally, which made it even more aggravating because it couldn’t be corrected! Nobody knew when he might make an untimely comment, leaving everyone unable to defend against it.

But fortunately, everyone had survived.

So, no anger, no anger!

"Has ’Adam’ not reached the surface yet?"

Chen Fei asked again.

He was the first to shower, and upon returning to the driver’s seat, he immediately isolated himself from the terrible odors in the carriage with a transparent partition.

Adam: Currently, we have traveled about 31.7 km, sonar radar has not yet detected any exit.

The function modules of the Henghai Tactical Weapons Group’s Single Soldier Tactical Armor had all been applied to the Mobile Base Vehicle. If one set wasn’t enough, then use two sets. As for the management and control systems, Chen Fei wasn’t worried since it was all the work of the artificial intelligence AI "Adam," who was handling it with ease.

"All right, once the exit is confirmed, please notify me immediately!"

Chen Fei shook his head, wondering when the end of this undisclosed and presumably long tunnel would come.

The unknown was always the most worrying.

The carriage shook slightly.

"What’s going on? Is the ’Tsar Worm’ appearing again?"

"This disturbance doesn’t seem right!"

"Where did it collapse?"

If it were due to running over something, it would have started from the front and vibrated to the tail of the vehicle, not shaking the nearly 20-meters-long carriage all at once.

Unless it was a massive external shockwave passing through, it could make the entire Mobile Base Vehicle fall into the entire wave.

System: Ding! BTS-0001 "Tsar Worm" (Completed), Energy Points +200!

Energy Points +200!

Energy Points: 19123/20000

The "little darling" that seemed to have died must have been a Tsar Worm; even if it had swallowed the Mobile Base Vehicle before, getting hit by such a blast would likely kill it outright, potentially without even leaving an intact corpse.

Earth Mage of the Earth Order, Ninth Rank, Ruan Tiankai withdrew his perception and opened his eyes, saying, "It’s the earth’s restlessness, it must have been that pile of stuff that exploded behind us!"

"Right, it’s a shockwave, coming from behind!"

Team 18 also had an Earth Element Ability User, who acutely sensed the sudden abnormal vibration of the vehicle.

The two teams left more than just a BLU-82 Cloud Bomb in the center of the Supreme Council Hall, but also a pile of linked Explosives and Incendiary Bombs.

Chen Fei had specifically made a set of detonation devices, which would initially trigger the release of the cloud explosive fuel of the BLU-82 Cloud Bomb with a sufficiently large vibration or direct contact. The remaining explosives and incendiary bombs would detonate immediately after the cloud explosion, perfectly syncing with the cloud explosive’s rhythm and elevating the lethality to the next level.

To avoid the lack of oxygen after the cloud explosion, which would impair the effectiveness of the incendiary bombs, several liquefied air cylinders were stuffed among the explosives. The conical covers of armor-piercing shells were directly facing the cylinders, capable of instantly breaking the cylinders and completely releasing the liquefied air, aiding the second combustion and explosion.

The total explosive load of the first and second waves reached about 23 tons, enough to seriously engage the mutant that entered the Supreme Council Hall.

At a distance of 2 kilometers inside the passage, Chen Fei had also installed several Directional Anti-Infantry Mines and Anti-tank Mines. If any mutants foolishly followed, they were likely to be caught off-guard.

From the driver’s seat, Chen Fei calmly said, "We’ve moved more than 30 kilometers away, there won’t be any trouble!"

A Vacuum Bomb can create a vacuum zone with a radius of 200 meters, a fragmentation zone with a radius of 300 meters, and a biological lethal zone with a radius of 600 meters; even a distance of a kilometer may not guarantee absolute safety.

Of course, the power of approximately 23 tons of total explosive load is even more terrifying, but its lethal range stops at about four to five kilometers.

At a distance of 30 kilometers, even Tactical Nuclear Weapons might not be very effective unless they are in the megaton range.

So, it was only after the Mobile Base Vehicle had driven another 10 kilometers that abnormal air pressure changes swept past the vehicle, and then nothing happened.

Adam: "Infrared thermal radiation changes and increased radiation dose detected ahead, likely an exit."

"Everyone, there might be an exit up ahead!"

Chen Fei immediately reported this news to the others.

"Really? That would be great!"

"We can get out now!"

"Hey! Chen Fei, you must give this car a good wash, it must be thoroughly cleaned, you know?"

"I know, I know! I’ll wash it myself, the tap at full power!"

"I’ll use Water-type Spell to help you wash the car."

"This trip has been horrible!"

"Being alive is good enough, what’s there to complain about!"

"Hey! Girl, you’ve been soaking for over an hour, hurry up and get out!!!"

"I don’t want to!"

"No, you have to! If you don’t come out now, I’m going to rush in! I’ll fumigate you, you know?"

"Ah! No, I... I’ll be done soon!"

...

The cabin of the Mobile Base Vehicle was in total chaos.

Adam: "Abnormal biological response detected from behind, likely BTS-0001 ’Tsar Worm’."

"It’s that same guy!"

The unimaginative "Adam" could only detect the mutant BTS-0001 "Tsar Worm," unable to identify exactly which one it was.

Chen Fei, however, could use his imagination and reasoning to guess who might be pursuing them from behind.

It was probably the same Tsar Worm that had once taken a hit from a 152mm shell, half of its body shattered, yet this mutant’s vitality was frightening, able to escape even with half a body left, resuscitating and continuing the pursuit vigorously.

Speaking of which, this ability to hold a grudge among the mutants was truly something Chen Fei had never seen before.

"’Adam’, get the 152 ready!"

Chen Fei didn’t hesitate to have "Adam" load the Railgun on the roof and then advanced the throttle, further increasing the vehicle’s speed.

The moment Adrian sensed the change in vehicle speed and the noise from the rooftop Railgun, he asked, "Hey! Chen Fei, what’s happening?"

Without turning his head back, Chen Fei responded, "Our old friend has caught up with us again!"

At this moment, rather than leaving the Mobile Base Vehicle under the automated control of "Adam," he trusted his own driving skills more.

Apart from jet aircraft which routinely reach speeds over a thousand kilometers per hour, even a turboprop aircraft can reach speeds of four to five hundred kilometers per hour. The Mobile Base Vehicle’s speed, not even reaching a hundred kilometers per hour, was hardly a challenge for Chen Fei; he even had spare time to inquire "Adam" how far the pursuing mutant was from the Mobile Base Vehicle.

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Was it that persistent old friend again? First Rank fire mage Adrian Benjamin mechanically turned his head, staring dumbfounded at Captain Moron of Team 18 as they looked at each other.

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Adam: "Distance 2.7 kilometers, speed about 61 kilometers per hour."

The current speed of the Mobile Base Vehicle was 70 kilometers per hour, which meant that the distance between them would only increase. The passage was not an undulating sand dune, but a straight "runway (passage)," thus, unless there was an unexpected event, the likelihood of being caught up was almost negligible.

"’Adam’, let’s send a few rounds to that old friend outside the exit, as a gesture of goodwill."

Chen Fei genuinely smiled.

The next second, the Mobile Base Vehicle burst through a layer of thin sand, and bright sunlight pierced through the one-way transparent windows, flooding the cabin with light.

The Railgun quickly rotated its barrel, aiming at the back where sand flowed like a waterfall, exactly where the Mobile Base Vehicle had burst out from.

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