Fantasy Game: Infinite City

Chapter 565: Like Homecoming 1 (1)

The next day at noon, the three of them kept silent about the secret research institute, feigning complete ignorance. After briefly packing up their gear, they continued driving the SUV towards Johor Bahru. After leaving Sterburg and continuing along Highway 85 for several hours, they refueled at the last rest stop, 300 kilometers from Johor Bahru.

This rest stop is located at the junction of Highway 85 and Highway 23. Continue driving along Highway 85 and you will reach a bridge across the river. After crossing the bridge, drive another 17 kilometers to reach the end of Highway 85. It is the junction of two cities and is densely populated. If you go west from one of the cities, you will return to Oak City after a few hours' drive.

Following Highway 23 for 70 kilometers, you'll enter the mountainous region and reach the mountain range near Johor Bahru. The surrounding mountains offer beautiful scenery, a solid geological structure, and are free of ferocious wildlife and poisonous insects, making them a popular camping destination. Some hikers also venture into the area. However, aside from the mountain near Johor Bahru and a scenic hill at the very edge of the mountain range, there are no official roads to reach the rest of the area, making it inaccessible by car. Therefore, you'll often see artificial parking lots at the entrance to the mountain range and along Highway 23, where campers and hikers park their vehicles. Highway 23 serves only as a link to the mountain range and doesn't connect to any major transportation routes. Therefore, undisciplined campers and hikers often park their vehicles right in the middle of the road. Furthermore, over half of Highway 23 is a winding mountain road, so large vehicles rarely pass through.

However, in recent years, some changes have occurred in the section of Highway 23 that belongs to the winding mountain road. Due to the remoteness of the area and the presence of Johor Bahru City, this section of Highway 23 is the only area without any surveillance system. Moreover, although the winding mountain roads are not easy to travel on, many branch roads were opened and built here in the early years, so it quickly became a paradise for criminals. Backed by deep mountains, it is difficult for the police to gather a large number of manpower to conduct investigations. Over time, it has become an unmanaged area. However, the tourist mountain range at the entrance of Highway 23 is an exception. There are tourists here all year round, and it is also a relatively important place for tourism income in the state. Therefore, only on this mountain is there enough security force, but that is a situation that only occurs during the peak tourist season. Now is not the peak tourist season.

Therefore, anyone familiar with the relevant information, even in a hurry, would avoid traveling along Route 23. Numerous criminal organizations are entrenched there, with rumors swirling of bases and factories. Several large, well-connected criminal organizations have formed a guild-like alliance to manage the area. Even the police and special forces, who are familiar with the situation, dare not approach it easily. If someone goes missing in the area, even if someone reports it to the police, the officer in charge will simply dismiss the case as a fall from a cliff. In this area, death is as trivial as yawning. Countless people, not only tourists but also police officers and prosecutors, have "disappeared" here.

As the daughter of the Oak City Police Chief, Liz naturally knew more about the situation. Frank, with his many friends and connections to all sorts of people, had also learned about the local area through these channels. Moreover, compared to Liz, Frank's intelligence on the area was unfiltered by official sources, so he was more aware of the dangers. Even he didn't really want to go there.

After refueling the SUV, it was Adenauer's turn to drive. After Frank and Liz got in, Adenauer started the car and prepared to leave the gas station. From the angle of his steering wheel, it was clear that he was definitely going to take Highway 23. Frank and Liz temporarily stopped Adenauer's actions and looked a little nervous.

"Are you sure you want to take Route 23? How about we take another route?"

Frank and Liz quickly explained the dangers of Route 23, but Adenauer was clearly unmoved.

"This road is the shortest. If we take other routes, we will have to travel at least one more day."

Adenauer didn't stop the car even when the two tried to stop him. While he was talking, he had already driven onto Route 23. Frank and Liz knew very well that Adenauer was not the kind of person who would accept other people's suggestions, so it would be a waste of time to continue talking. They could only hold their weapons firmly and sit in their seats with frowns on their faces.

But on second thought, the two began to ponder. Adenauer's criminal record might not be true, but judging by his skills and knowledge, he should indeed be capable of those actions. Furthermore, they speculated that Adenauer had previously dealt with synthetics, who were far more difficult to deal with than normal humans. They also knew about Adenauer's movements in the town, so if given the chance, he might actually be able to lead them through the area on Route 23. Perhaps for Adenauer, coming here would be as easy as coming home; there was no need to be so cautious here.

70 kilometers wasn't far, and soon the SUV reached the entrance to the mountain range. Since it wasn't peak tourist season, there weren't many people here, and the parking lot at the foot of the mountain was completely empty. With plenty of fuel and supplies, there was no need to stop. The SUV continued on, and soon entered the dangerous area of ​​Highway 23.

"Boom!"

"squeak!!!"

After entering the danger zone, the off-road vehicle made two loud noises a few minutes later and the car began to shake quickly. Adenauer slowed down the car, stepped on the brakes, and stopped it on the side of the road.

"what happened?"

"It must be a flat tire. I'll go down and take a look."

Sensing that something was wrong, Frank and Liz immediately followed Adenauer after he got out of the car. Adenauer was squatting at the wheel checking the tire.

"Someone put road spikes there, and the tire was punctured. It's unusable."

"What should I do? There's only one spare tire in the car, but I see all four are gone. There's no place to get it repaired here, and even abandoning the car and walking would be foolish. It's not safe here."

Unlike Adenauer who remained calm, and Liz who tried to solve the problem of scrapped vehicles, Frank immediately took out his gun and looked around vigilantly. He knew that the roadblocks that damaged the tires must have been placed on the road in advance by someone, just waiting for someone to pass by. In this case, they must be observing from a distance, and it is estimated that someone will be here soon. He didn't know their identities, but they were definitely not good people.

"Forget about that damn car! Get your weapons out, we're going to have a visitor soon."

Liz also realized where she was, so she quickly took out her weapon and looked around.

"What are you doing?! Are you still in the mood to smoke now??"

Unlike Frank and Liz, who were on edge and their hearts were in their throats, Adenauer was not nervous at all. Not only did he not draw the large-caliber pistol from his waist, he even took out a cigarette case, lit a cigarette, and stretched. Even though Frank and Liz had previously explained the dangers of Highway 23, he did not take it to heart at all.

"Here I come!...Where are you going?!!!"

"Let it go, it's so obvious, can't you see it?"

Soon, the sound of the vehicle's engine reached the ears of the three people. Frank and Liz immediately hid on the side of the SUV, using it as a cover, and stared at the direction of the car engine sound in front of the road. Just as their adrenaline was rising, Liz found that Adenauer walked to the outside of the unobstructed road and unzipped his pants facing a tree. He looked calm and not nervous at all.

“Squeak~~!!”

The three cars quickly surrounded the scrapped SUV. Behind them, a small truck blocked the road sideways. More than a dozen people got out of the truck. They were dressed differently and held all kinds of guns and cannons. Compared with criminal organizations, they actually looked more like rebels. They were dressed in ordinary clothes, but the weapons in their hands were not outdated. Some of them even had military equipment in their hands.

After these people got off, they quickly surrounded the SUV and stood in front of it. From the middle of the three cars in front, a guy in a casual suit got out. He had an average appearance and was a little fat, but his hair was neatly combed. He was probably a small leader of some criminal organization.

"Who are you?"

After the small leader came down, he took a few steps towards the off-road vehicle in a pretentious manner, and asked about the identities of Frank and Liz with a tone of contempt of a superior. Of course, he saw the military guns in the hands of Liz and Frank, but he did not take it seriously. After all, he had more people and more guns. The reason why he did not shoot directly but asked about their identities first was that he was thinking that they might be thugs from some organization to transport intelligence or goods.

"Dang, dang."

Frank and Liz were contemplating their response, while the other members of the group were also focused on them. Naturally, no one paid any attention to Adenauer, who was pouring water on a nearby tree. After all, generally speaking, no one would consider a person pouring water a threat. But at this moment, they all heard the sound of something metal hitting the ground. Everyone turned around and saw two things: first, the person pouring water on the tree had moved behind a nearby rock. Second, a gleaming metal object appeared at the feet of the crowd. On top of it was a digital watch without a strap, but the time displayed was a bit strange: 00:01.

“It’s explosive…!!!”

"boom!!!"

Some of the thugs realized that the thing that appeared under the feet of the crowd was actually an IED, but it was too late. The explosion occurred immediately, directly turning the two closest people into meat paste. The large number of steel balls flying out of it, accelerated by the explosion, became deadly bullets, knocking down seven or eight people in an instant, catching everyone off guard.

"Bang! Bang!"

Before anyone in the blast could react, gunfire rang out. The small leader was hit directly in the body by a large-caliber bullet. Two shots hit the chest and one shot hit the head. The large-caliber bullet directly opened a hole in his chest. The large-caliber bullet that hit the head directly ripped off part of his brain. Seeing the small leader being killed, someone finally reacted and began to fire towards the outside of the smoke.

"Ping!!"

But then, something else was thrown over, followed by a blinding flash. The position of the flash was very tricky, covering a large number of survivors at once, causing them to lose their vision for a short time. Before they could react, their buzzing ears heard the sound of gunfire.

“Bang bang bang bang bang!!!”

Instantly, a hail of bullets erupted among the crowd, instantly ripping the two closest figures into several pieces. Adenauer used his professional ability to randomly generate a weapon: a heavy machine gun, capable of penetrating even light armored vehicles. It would undoubtedly be highly effective against humans. After all, there's a saying that all anti-vehicle weapons are highly effective against infantry.

However, no one saw this scene because they all temporarily lost their vision, including Frank and Liz who were unable to dodge. The special stun bombs made by the contractor were indeed a dimensionality reduction attack for this kind of scene, but no one would be surprised. After all, for a gunner player, basically everyone has used things like flash bombs and stun bombs.

In an instant, the three cars blocking the way ahead, as well as the thugs and small leaders in front of them, were basically shot into pieces. The blinding effect was still continuing, and the survivors' miserable screams were heard from the ground.

"boom!"

"boom!"

Frank and Liz, who were hiding on the side of the SUV, eventually recovered earlier than others affected by the stun bombs. Before the light in their eyes disappeared, they saw Adenauer walk into the crowd lying on the ground, using his large-caliber pistol to kill those survivors who were not directly cut in two by the hail of bullets.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!!!!"

"boom!"

"Save me, save me!!!"

"boom!"

"You can't kill me!!! I am..!!!"

"boom!"

As his vision gradually returned, Frank and Liz saw Adenauer, holding a large-caliber pistol, strolling in a pool of blood covered with minced meat and broken limbs, killing the survivors who were missing limbs one by one. He didn't care about their pleas for mercy or other excuses, enjoying the pleasure of killing and the music composed of screams. His expression, which had hardly changed before, actually showed excitement and joy for the first time, which made Frank and Liz feel a chill down their spines and their hair stand on end.

"No no no!!!"

"boom!"

"Hmm~~~"

After the head of the last survivor was smeared on the ground by large-caliber bullets, Adenauer raised his head, made a satisfied sound, and smiled comfortably. This action made Frank and Liz frown.

"Neuropathy.."

"Unload the truck, our new car is here."

Adenauer didn't take Liz's words seriously at all. After walking back to the SUV, he opened the trunk and began to move the guns and ammunition inside to the small truck that was deliberately left there, and asked the two to help.

"What are you standing there for? Get to work!"

"Oh.."