Chapter 159: Breakout Battle from the Lair (Part 3)

Watching the approaching Tricycle, Ling Xi operated the smart Artillery and demanded, "Stop! What do you think you're doing!"

Beside her, Zhao Yuxin also frowned, having Xuebao adjust the Tricycle's position to make it easier for the Vehicle-mounted Vortex Cannon to aim.

Sensing that the two vehicles had their cannons aimed at him, the Tricycle immediately braked, and the driver stuck his head out of the window to explain, "Don't fire, you two, I'm here to help you."

Zhao Yuxin saw that the driver was a Daobanan and couldn't help but hesitate, "Help us? Then why did you charge over here!?"

The Daobanan gave a silly laugh and explained, "Isn't this because I wanted to put some distance between me and the Ant Swarm behind? Besides, I even helped you take out a monster, so no matter how you look at it, we're on the same side."

The group looked at each other, feeling that what the Daobanan said wasn't wrong. They simply ignored him and continued attacking the Ant Swarm behind, buying a little time for Zhu Zhiquan.

Seeing that the people in the two vehicles were no longer paying attention to him, the Daobanan drove between them, fired a shot at the Ant Swarm behind, and then activated his talent.

At this moment, his eyes scanned through the thick carriage walls, surveying the items in the two Tricycles bit by bit. After locking onto his target, his hand grabbed into thin air, and a box appeared in the Daobanan's hand.

Immediately after, the Daobanan grabbed into the air once more, and a white cloth bag was snatched into his hand. After obtaining both items, the Daobanan smiled triumphantly, to the point that he even forgot his current situation.

"Hey! What are you doing, you guy? Why haven't you fired yet after so long?"

"Exactly! You suddenly produced two items, hurry up and use them! Stop sitting there grinning like an idiot!"

Sun Zi and Zhao Yuxin spoke one after another, leaving the Daobanan shocked for quite a while. When he fired again, he couldn't help but have a question in his mind: "What kind of talent does that girl have? To be able to easily detect that I had two extra items in my hands!"

For a moment, the Daobanan didn't know how to explain it, but fortunately, the people in the two Tricycles didn't focus their attention on him, merely continuing to fire at the Ant Swarm not far away.

The Daobanan simply didn't explain further and instead focused on dealing with the pursuing Ant Swarm.

The three vehicles fought while retreating, and soon they held out until Zhu Zhiquan led the Durian Warriors to eliminate all the Magma Cave ant-men who were exploiting the natives.

"You hold them off a bit longer, we'll go bring all the natives onto the vehicles." After Zhao Yuxin said this, the two Tricycles drove toward the natives.

The Daobanan didn't pay it any mind, simply pressing a button on the driver's seat of his Tricycle, and then a machine gun emerged from the roof of his vehicle, firing continuously at the approaching Ant Swarm.

At this time, Zhao Yuxin and Ling Xi arranged for the natives to board the vehicles, with Xuebao and Zhuangzhuang responsible for clearing space in the carriages to make it easier for the natives to board, while the rest were responsible for security.

"Everyone, hurry and get on the vehicles, this way you can escape this dangerous place~"

"Everyone, don't be afraid, with us here, these monsters won't be able to hurt you, hurry and get on the vehicles!"

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The two kept calling for the natives to board, but these natives had been enslaved by the Magma Cave ant-men for too long, and had almost lost even their basic will to survive.

Their eyes held only endless fear and deep despair; some children, upon seeing Zhu Zhiquan and the others, subconsciously hid behind their parents.

Zhao Yuxin said anxiously, "What should we do? They won't come with us, and if this keeps up, we'll be caught by those ants!"

"This is indeed worrying!" Sun Zi looked at Ling Xi and said, "Wife, what do you think we should do? If it really comes to it, let's just stop worrying about them! Anyway, even if we save them, we wouldn't know how to settle them."

Ling Xi did not respond to this, clearly also prepared to abandon these people.

But Zhao Yuxin still didn't want to give up on them; after all, what was good about being food here? It was better to be self-reliant outside.

Zhu Zhiquan saw Zhao Yuxin's distress and pointed his Xuangang Spear at the natives, roaring, "You didn't hear me, right! Get... get on the vehicle, did... did you hear me!"

Hearing Zhu Zhiquan's threat, the natives finally entered the carriages in a daze.

Zhao Yuxin watched the natives boarding one by one and sighed, saying, "Why does it feel like there's no point even if I save these natives?"

Sun Zi complained, "If you ask me, we should just leave them alone and get out of here quickly, these natives are already beyond saving anyway!"

"Damn it! You guys hurry up! I can't hold on much longer!" At this moment, the Daobanan's voice came through. Everyone looked toward the direction of the Ant Swarm and discovered that the swarm was no more than two hundred meters away from them.

Furthermore, behind them, the Ant Swarm that had originally been pursuing them had also arrived late, and the ant mages at the very front were already prepared to cast spells.

Watching the approaching Ant Swarm, Zhu Zhiquan advised, "Azhao, let's go, we can't save this many people."

Zhao Yuxin took one last look at the numb villagers, finally gritted her teeth, and entered the carriage.

The others also saw Zhao Yuxin's intention, ordered the remaining natives to stop boarding, and drove the Tricycles away.

The remaining natives just stared blankly as they left, until they were once again controlled by the Magma Cave ant-men.

The three vehicles drove side by side along the surrounding buildings, traveling for a long time, yet they still could not see an end.

Sun Zi couldn't help but say impatiently, "Damn it, just how big is this lair! Before, on the Peeping Crystal, it could cover the entire view! How come we still can't see the end!"

Zhao Yuxin flipped through "Types of Magma Cave Ant-men and Countermeasures" and said through the car window, "According to the records in the book, there is a type of high-level worker ant among the Magma Cave ant-men that possesses a Compressed Space skill, which can make a one-cubic-meter space capacity comparable to ten cubic meters."

"So that's it, no wonder we've been driving for so long and haven't seen the end. Let me see if the Peeping Crystal can see the appearance of the entire space." As Sun Zi said this, he activated the Peeping Crystal to check the nearby terrain.

While Sun Zi was observing the terrain, Ling Xi asked Zhao Yuxin, "Sister Zhao, last time my husband and I joined forces with the villagers to forcibly wipe out a large lair before we got through. I don't know if you have any good methods on your end?"

Zhao Yuxin quickly flipped through the contents of "Types of Magma Cave Ant-men and Countermeasures" and said after a moment, "Yes, and there are two methods. One is to destroy the Core of the large lair, and the other is to rely on luck."

"Rely on luck? What do you mean?" The Daobanan listened to Zhao Yuxin's explanation and couldn't help but ask.

"Don't be impatient, let me explain slowly." Zhao Yuxin coughed lightly, "This 'relying on luck', as the name suggests, is to find other exits. Of course, only experienced natives can distinguish the path that leads upward, and as for us, well, no need to say."

Zhu Zhiquan seemed to see the key to the problem at a glance and asked Sun Zi, "Can you see where the Core is?"

Sun Zi shook his head and said, "No, I've almost exhausted the energy of this crystal and still haven't found where the Core is."

Ling Xi was driving the Tricycle while resting her chin in her hand, deep in thought, "If we can't find the Core, and if we rely on luck, we might end up going deeper, and then we definitely won't be able to reach the surface by tomorrow."

The Daobanan realized suddenly, "That means the best way now is to find the natives!"

Zhao Yuxin nodded, "Yes, it's just that we have to find a way to make contact with the villagers we discovered in the crystal earlier."

Then the group began to discuss how to make contact, but Sun Zi was the first to become impatient and wanted to kill a few of the ants behind them, but when he turned his head to look, he discovered that apart from various buildings, there was absolutely nothing else there.

Suddenly, Sun Zi had a flash of inspiration and said, "How about we try flying upward?"