The boss filled up the two cars with gas while the third child bought some food from the store.
Air-dried meat, strange, unnameable vegetarian dishes and mineral water of indeterminate age became the mainstream supplies in the wild.
To be able to eat these in the wild was already quite good it showed that the owner of this gas station was quite capable.
The man in the white suit had been looking rather grumpy ever since he got interrupted and lost his temper. Lu Cai calmly watched him as he shifted his gaze from Sister Feng to the third child paused, then to Yu Xingyan and then paused again before looking back at himself.
Lu Cai: "..."
This didn't feel good.
As expected, he stood next to Yu Xingyan, his posture controlled and a smile on his face as he said, "Xingyan, you and the third brother must have worked hard interrogating him all the way. I'll take your turn later."
Not to mention Yu Xingyan even the usually low-key and silent third brother was slightly surprised.
Sister Feng narrowed her eyes: "Lin Mansen, you're driving him?"
Lin Mansen Lu Cai quickly realized that this was the "Brother Lin" Yu Xingyan had mentioned, the one who had placed the magic ring on him.
Lin Mansen's smile remained unchanged: "Yes, Sister Feng, I'm sure the third brother and Xingyan were nervous all the way here too. Let them ride with you."
The third brother and Yu Xingyan exchanged bewildered looks. Sister Feng said nothing but she gave Lu Cai a meaningful look and nodded slowly.
After filling up the tank the boss glanced at Lin Mansen and said quietly, "Two tanks, 2,000 yuan."
The third brother who was in charge of logistics paid the bill and the others got back into the car. As they passed by the Xingyan performance he suddenly tugged at Lu Cai causing him to take a few steps back.
"Brother Lin is also a member of Team B but he has a bad temper. Don't mess with him."
Yu Xingyan whispered quickly then, without waiting for Lu Cai to speak, turned and got into Sister Feng's car with the third brother acting as if he hadn't done anything and hadn't said anything.
Lu Cai was silent for a moment then slowly stepped into another car.
"Can you hurry up? You're slouching like a woman," Lin Mansen said, inserting his car keys and looking at the rearview mirror with a forced smile.
Lu Cai clenched his fists then remembered Yu Xingyan's words and thought, "Just give the kid a break and avoid trouble."
Who knew that when he didn't say anything, Lin Mansen took advantage of the situation, stepped on the accelerator and flung Lu Cai over the back of the chair.
"Ha, with your physique you have the nerve to call yourself a Foundation member? If you run into a monster do you have to be carried by your teammates?"
Lin Mansen didn't even glance at her this time but Lu Cai could still see his conceited sinister smile in the rearview mirror.
How deep was the grudge?
Lu Cai couldn't help but ask seriously, "What do you actually gain by verbally insulting me?"
Lin Mansen's expression changed. He slammed on the brakes creating some distance between him and the car in front. He turned and sneered, "Verbally insulting me? Do you think I wouldn't dare hit you?"
Lu Cai pursed his lips and looked at him. Though his expression was blank she gave off a feeling of being looked down upon and ridiculed.
His eyes were very white and his pupils were light in color giving him a look of indifference and a certain harshness.
Yu Xingyan leaned back in his chair and looked behind him. Seeing Lu Cai and the others' car suddenly pull away he turned nervously and asked:
"Sister Feng, Brother Lin are slowing down. What's he trying to do?"
Feng Li, sitting in the passenger seat, didn't turn around but her voice was calm: "Who cares? We just need to get back to base safely."
Yu Xingyan's face suddenly turned strange. He had thought.
"What? Do you think I can't live without him?" Feng Li suddenly turned around and gave him a meaningful smile.
"Xingyan, you're young but you have a lot on your mind. What? You want to be bound to me too? "
The third brother couldn't help but burst out laughing and Yu Xingyan nearly choked. Blushing, he yelled, "Sister Feng, what are you talking about? I see you value Brother Lin so much and I'm worried he might get into trouble."
"I don't give a shit about him," Feng Li's narrow sharp eyes casually glanced at the rearview mirror barely able to see the car behind her.
"You idiot! I just think his abilities work well with mine. If he wants to kill himself with Qiao, so be it."
Yu Xingyan felt a little embarrassed scratching his head. He whispered, "What about Lu Cai?"
Feng Li's smile faded and she didn't answer.
What about Lu Cai?
There's no way anything could happen to Lu Cai!
Her gaze hardened slightly and she recalled what had happened outside the small village before they set out.
At that time the team members had all entered the village and she was cleaning up afterward observing Lu Cai, whose appearance and location were both suspicious.
She wasn't a living Buddha. Her first instinct when encountering someone unidentified was to kill them immediately. She didn't want to be the farmer bitten by a snake.
But unexpectedly, as a Team A psychic she couldn't even break Lu Cai's defense with one strike—
That's right she couldn't understand why someone could be so damn strong even after fainting!
Could this be a thousand-year-old zombie?
Feng Li almost doubted her own abilities. Was she weakened or had the world changed again?
She was panicking!
Killing and failing to kill, the situation almost became awkward. Finally, Lin Mansen intervened, suggesting that since Sister Feng cared so much about this guy, why not bring him back to base and give him a magic-suppressing ring?
It had to be said that although Lin Mansen could be annoying at times this suggestion still helped Feng Li get out of the situation.
Regardless of Lin Mansen's thoughts she had to conceal the fact that she hadn't been able to kill Lu Cai. If possible she wanted to see what Lu Cai was truly capable of.
As far as she knew no one with such abilities had ever appeared in the Foundation's branches whether in the North, South, or Central bases.
Her gaze fell back into the rearview mirror. The pickup truck's trail of dust billowed across the desolate plains and deserted road completely obliterating the vehicle behind it already so far away it was practically invisible.
The pickup truck stopped in the middle of the road. Lin Mansen twisted from the driver's seat and pressed Lu Cai, his eyes practically spitting fire.
"Who the hell do you think you are? Do you know that if I killed you right here no one would notice?"
Lu Cai was suddenly pushed against the back of his chair thinking to himself these Team B members are truly incredible.
Is there no professional discipline to keep them from killing innocent people?
But that being said Lu Cai didn't sense how decisive Lin Mansen's actions were. If he had held off a man like that he could at least have ensured that the other person wouldn't have the energy to think any more.
The quality of the foundation was becoming increasingly uneven.
He raised his eyes and told Lin Mansen word by word, "You can't beat me."
Please drive quickly. We're in a hurry.
He didn't have time to finish the rest of the sentence because the pickup truck was suddenly hit by a violent impact and thrown directly into the wasteland beside the road!
Lu Cai rolled 720 degrees with the car. Before the next wave of brutal impact could crush the pickup truck he kicked open the deformed door and fled.
Lin Mansen was a step too slow to escape and his left leg along with the car was destroyed by a giant steppe wolf.
"Ah Lin Mansen fainted immediately after screaming. It wasn't his fault. Caught off guard his entire leg was bitten off potentially taking his most vulnerable part with it. The intense pain combined with blood loss could cause someone to faint.
Lu Caiguang felt a chill at the thought, his entire body tense as he stared at the chewing wild wolf.
The wild wolf was an A-rank monster mutated by dark matter. It was designated A-rank not because of its exceptional individual abilities but because it typically appeared in packs making it incredibly formidable.
The wolf was as tall as two adult men making it a relatively large individual but there was only one.
A, alone was no match for B; it was rare.
There was only one possible scenario.
"Taming monsters to attack humans violates the first law of the Human Alliance," Lu Cai said, looking at the human head poking out from the wolf's back without a trace of emotion.
The man sneered, sitting up straight and revealing the two knives tucked at his waist. "Law? Do you think this is a base for you to play house? This is the wilderness, a lawless place!"
After saying that he spat and shouted at Lu Cai with a stern face, "And you, boy do you have any courage? Are you a man? That pretty boy humiliated you at the gas station and you still care about his life? You're a fucking fool!"
Lu Cai didn't want to debate with a lawless lunatic about why one should uphold the bottom line in an era of crumbling propriety nor did he want to explain to him that trampling on life was not a criterion for manliness.
It was almost certain that the other party ran a shady business selectively targeting travelers.
He hadn't taken action in the shop earlier perhaps because Yu Xingyan's special ability had temporarily changed his mind. But after they left he realized what was happening and immediately pursued them.
He was clearly aiming for Lin Mansen and he had simply been implicated.
It was very annoying.
Lu Cai sullenly asked, "So you're here to avenge me? Should I thank you?"
The man's expression suddenly became complicated. He narrowed his eyes at Lu Cai then reached out and rubbed the giant wolf's head.
"Cub, you see there's nothing special about this guy. You were wrong before. Now, help Daddy devour him!"
The wild wolf had originally been somewhat curious and wary of Lu Cai so it hadn't moved beyond a safe distance. When its master on its back gave the order it immediately lowered its body and let out a brutal roar at Lu Cai!
He thrust his hind legs hard lunging straight at Lu Cai!
Lu Cai glanced at the magic-suppressing ring on his foot, pursed his lips and instantly vanished from his original position.
"Fuck! A superpowered user too!?" the gas station owner cursed seeing his pounce was in vain!
"No, I'm just faster."
The next second Lu Cai suddenly appeared behind him, replied softly and then delivered a powerful kick.
"Ah!"
The gas station owner was kicked off the wolf's back. Before he could even see what the opponent was doing Lu Cai flashed to his side and kicked him again.
"Ah!"
After lifting him high into the air Lu Cai inhaled, gathering his strength, bent over and leaped raising his leg high and stomping down!
"Ah!!!"
He fainted.
He was very weak.
It all took only two seconds from start to finish. By the time the steppe wolf realized what was happening its master was already lying on the ground, dying.
The giant wolf felt utterly ashamed! Beating its master in front of it?
It stomped its feet on the ground, howled and lunged at Lu Cai again!
And just like that the accident happened.