Chapter 717

Ning Chen nodded at him, then glanced at the helicopter behind him; it was still the same one, with equipment and everything else unchanged.

Ning Chen yawned, stepped toward the helicopter, and said, "Alright, let's get on... I'll catch up on some sleep."

Upon hearing this, the pilot walked around Ning Chen, climbed up from the other side of the helicopter, started the procedure to check if all facilities were in perfect condition, and after confirming everything was ready, glanced at Ning Chen beside him one second before starting the helicopter.

Ning Chen, looking utterly exhausted, leaned his head against the seat backrest and fell asleep immediately; his speed of falling asleep was nothing short of instant.

It was already four in the morning, approaching dawn; they were slowly flying north, with an estimated return time of five days later.

At the exact moment the helicopter started, Li Yu's people also received orders; several teams emerged from the Shanzhuang simultaneously, and by the look of it, there were about two or three hundred people in total.

This display was absolutely not small; the sheer number of people already presented an overwhelming victory. Their target this time was only one: to kill Ning Chen.

Ning Chen was completely unaware of their gathering at this moment, still lost in his dreams, sleeping soundly. Li Yu's side had already obtained Ning Chen's current location; although he was far from the Shanzhuang, it wasn't actually that far, and it would take only a few hours to catch up.

Therefore, they did not intend to let Ning Chen off so easily; they had gathered a batch of arms and ammunition, all prepared to be used on Ning Chen.

Naturally, Li Yu did not believe that this alone could completely trap Ning Chen; Ning Chen was no ordinary person, and Li Yu had sensed this during their previous encounter, which is why he attached such importance to this confrontation.

It would be best not to end up in a tragic situation, especially at this time; if they failed to capture Ning Chen, it was very likely they would not be able to retrieve Seeing Hu Di.

Whether Seeing Hu Di was alive or dead was still unknown; Li Yu only hoped Seeing Hu Di could survive, otherwise the organization would lose a powerful assistant.

Only when he felt someone pursuing from behind did Ning Chen open his eyes; he had slept for two hours, recovering some strength, but still felt a bit drained, leaning listlessly against the seat, and glanced out the window beside him.

Sitting in the helicopter, Ning Chen was almost in direct contact with the outside scenery; he barely mustered a little energy, since he was now completely unable to sleep.

But he suddenly sensed something was wrong.

Ning Chen suddenly turned his head, scanning the area behind the car window glass, seeing only a slightly dim night sky, nothing else.

He felt somewhat puzzled in his heart, thinking it shouldn't be like this; something might have caught up behind them.

But he wasn't entirely sure; Ning Chen turned back and asked the pilot beside him, "Check if something is following behind."

It wasn't that Ning Chen was overly sensitive; he had just provoked an organization. If they fought on the ground as usual, it would be one thing, but now they were in the air; if someone really came to surround him, Ning Chen estimated he couldn't escape in the air.

After Ning Chen asked that question, the pilot checked the radar, then shook his head: "No."

Ning Chen sighed, then pressed his temples.

He felt he must have been overly nervous, perhaps because he hadn't rested for too long; he had been busy completing check-in tasks during this period, resting little, and exhausting both his mind and energy.

But the facts proved that Ning Chen's feeling was indeed correct.

The approaching helicopter was getting closer and closer; this time Li Yu went all out, determined to shoot Ning Chen down from the air. He dispatched more than a dozen helicopters, and every plane was equipped with two machine guns.

It could be said that Ning Chen had almost nowhere to escape.

Ning Chen's heartbeat suddenly accelerated uncontrollably; he lifted his eyelids and finally felt he couldn't sit still, but at this moment Ning Chen still remained calm, speaking quietly and quickly to the pilot: "Someone is catching up from behind; increase the speed."

Upon hearing this, the pilot was stunned, but still followed Ning Chen's instruction to speed up; having once witnessed Ning Chen being pursued, he involuntarily began to feel nervous in his heart: "... Who? Who is chasing you?"

Ning Chen diverted some attention to look back, taking a moment to answer the pilot: "I don't know; it should be an organization."

The pilot's hand trembled slightly.

Ning Chen caught a glimpse from the corner of his eye and warned, "Drive carefully; it shouldn't go wrong."

The pilot carefully pondered the word "should" in his words, and his eyes began to show fear: "This... how did you provoke them again?"

Fear was only natural; since those people behind had not yet caught up, Ning Chen actually had the mood to explain to the pilot at this time.

"Not the same group as last time," he paused, "but I feel this batch will be harder to deal with than the last one."

The pilot trembled even more violently, but fortunately the helicopter still flew steadily, without swaying left or right.

Another three minutes passed, and Ning Chen finally saw the helicopters chasing from behind.

Ning Chen's excellent night vision helped him a lot; even from several hundred meters away he could clearly see the helicopters, let alone now that it was night.

Ning Chen roughly counted the number of chasing helicopters, discovered there were more than a dozen, felt a jolt in his heart, and thought to himself that they had gone all out this time.

"Three helicopters are chasing from the rear right," Ning Chen said, "four directly behind, and six from the rear left."

Ning Chen slowly recited these numbers, not to scare the pilot, but thinking about how to avoid them or engage them head-on and win this battle.

But relying solely on him was basically impossible, unless Ning Chen used a skill.

But his strength had not fully recovered yet; if he really used a skill, it might suddenly terminate halfway through.

Ning Chen could almost imagine what the scene would be like if a skill terminated halfway; he couldn't help but sigh, then turned to look at the pilot again and said, "Set to maximum speed."

The pilot nodded lightly, then accelerated the helicopter; the wind force suddenly increased. Ning Chen steadied his body, repeatedly confirmed the positions of those pursuing from behind, and said, "Continue at this speed... those people will catch up in about five minutes."

The pilot's face turned somewhat pale.

637 used Spatial Tear for the first time.

Ning Chen turned from the dim light to look in that direction, seemingly seeing the pilot's face, and smiled: "No need to be too nervous; I will protect you."

The pilot forced a smile in return.

Li Yu also set out on this pursuit operation; he did not feel comfortable letting his subordinates track, because Li Yu was not very confident.

After all, having managed these people for so many years, he knew where their shortcomings lay; if they relied solely on them to pursue Ning Chen, the possibility of killing the opponent was extremely low.

Therefore, Li Yu followed behind; his helicopter was in the middle of the formation because he needed to ensure he did not get too far ahead into a relatively dangerous situation, while also ensuring the helicopter he sat in could keep up with the helicopters ahead, constantly observing Ning Chen's situation.

Even this was not easy, because Ning Chen seemed to sense someone pursuing him; Li Yu could clearly feel that the helicopter Ning Chen was in had accelerated significantly.

Li Yu couldn't help but grit his teeth; the distance was clearly so far that he could only see the helicopter Ning Chen was riding through a telescope, so why did Ning Chen feel someone was pursuing him at this moment? This was very unreasonable.

Seeing Ning Chen getting farther and farther away from him, Li Yu ordered: "Order all teams to increase speed; they must catch up with Ning Chen."

Once this order was issued, the helicopters ahead quickly increased their speed; their helicopters were actually in formation; when the front helicopters sped up, the rear ones automatically had to follow.

Ning Chen also sensed that the people behind had increased their speed; his heartbeat began to accelerate slightly, realizing this was a life-or-death escape, so he asked: "Can we increase the speed a bit more? I feel the planes behind are about to catch up."

The pilot wiped the sweat from his forehead; it was only a few degrees in the early morning, yet he was sweating: "I have already set it to maximum speed; this really tests skill."

Ning Chen could only nod, and felt the condition inside his body.

Finally, he couldn't help but sigh; based on his current condition, to store enough strength to use a skill, he estimated he would need to wait another half day.

Because the Time Stop skill consumed too much strength, every time Ning Chen finished using the Time Stop skill, he had to rest for a day or two before he could use the skill again.

Under the premise of not wanting to kill the opponent, the "Time Stop" skill was indeed the best method to escape.

At this moment, Ning Chen's limbs were still somewhat sore and weak; using the "Time Stop" skill was definitely out of the question. If he forced himself to use it, he might even pass out from shock on the spot, so he could only settle for a second choice and switch to another skill.

If he wanted to escape, he certainly couldn't rely on the "Density Control" skill; this skill currently had only one use for Ning Chen: killing. So he could only place his hopes on "Space" tearing.

However, Ning Chen had never used this skill in actual combat; at most, he had only tried it out once. After trying it, Ning Chen discovered that this skill was originally not controlled by the operator's will and could not achieve the state of going wherever one wished.

But to deal with the pursuers behind, this skill was actually enough.

Ning Chen notified the pilot in advance: "It might be a bit dizzy in a moment; hold steady."

Then he looked again at the distance of the several helicopters behind them to their range, preparing to start using the skill.

Seeing that Ning Chen wanted to use a skill, the System couldn't help but ask suspiciously: "Are you sure you have the stamina for this?"

Ning Chen nodded: "I should."

The System fell silent for a few seconds, then warned: "If you want to use a skill, it will damage your body and consume your primordial energy."

Ning Chen was somewhat helpless: "Then how do I escape? Wait here to die?"

The System said nothing.

Ning Chen sighed, closed his eyes, and began to silently chant "Use Space Tearing Skill" in his mind.

As soon as the final sound fell, a huge time rift suddenly appeared in front of the helicopter; like a vortex, the helicopter was uncontrollably attracted toward it.

The entire helicopter body shook violently twice; in that instant, Ning Chen almost lost his grip on the handrail, and his whole body was almost thrown out. Looking at the pilot, his state was not good either; his brows were tightly furrowed, and his expression showed some pain.

When being attracted by the space rift, there is a feeling of dizziness, brain swelling, and extreme vertigo. Actually, the System had already warned Ning Chen, but perhaps because the range of the skill was not that large the last time it was used, the negative side effects were very small.

But this time was different; the space rift Ning Chen opened had to accommodate an entire helicopter, so the attraction increased greatly, and naturally, it would make people feel strong dizziness and discomfort.

However, this feeling lasted only ten seconds; after ten seconds, they had already been teleported to another place.

Ning Chen opened his eyes and looked at the surroundings, discovering that this should also be an unfamiliar place; at least, he didn't recognize it. However, it seemed that this place should be relatively close to Huaguo; by accident, the journey had been shortened.

Ning Chen was very satisfied. Turning back to look at the pilot, sure enough, he saw a shocked expression on his face.

Seeing Ning Chen look at him, the pilot stammered and said: "Just now... was that magic or sorcery?"

Ning Chen knew he would ask; he had already drafted an answer in his mind. He just didn't expect the question he raised to be so funny. He replied: "You saw it wrong; you are dreaming."

The pilot obviously didn't believe it. Ning Chen sighed, contacted the System: "Think of a way to erase his memory. You shouldn't want others to discover your existence either, right?"

This sentence blocked all the System's retreat routes. The System thought and thought, truly unable to think of any way to refuse. After all, its existence was detached from the world; if someone discovered it, who knew how many troubles would follow.

So the System, as if enduring humiliation and bearing a heavy burden, said: "Okay."

Ning Chen nodded in satisfaction, then crossed his arms, watching the expression on the pilot's face slowly change from disbelief to confusion.

Until the pilot asked him: "Where are we?"

Ning Chen knew the System had successfully erased his memory. He slowly relaxed and explained: "Didn't you just come to pick me up? Let's go; we're returning to the country."

The pilot still looked somewhat confused on his face. He could feel that he had forgotten something, but looking at Ning Chen's face, he couldn't remember anything. So he nodded, lowered his head, and began checking the helicopter's equipment.

After the System finished erasing the pilot's memory, it asked Ning Chen again: "What do you plan to do with those people? I can't erase their memories completely either; the memory connections are too many."

Ning Chen's gaze suddenly turned cold: "No need to trouble you. I will go meet them myself."