Ambushed

"Xiao Ai, can the technology in your database be used in other areas?"

For example, could computer chips be used in phones? Could a sports car engine be used in an ordinary car?

Could the optical sights and stabilization mechanisms of one firearm be used on other firearms? Could a pistol deal the damage of a rifle?

"Easily."

Xiao Ai replied without hesitation, "This is a basic capability of Huaqiangbei's generation function. It allows different technologies to be integrated into a single product, taking the best of each to naturally create the finest product."

"..."

That sounded lofty, but wasn't it basically just an "assembled machine"?

Chen Mu was speechless, but he still did not say it aloud.

The more technologies Xiao Ai mastered, the more technologies he mastered as well.

For Chen Mu, the most urgent matter was to acquire more technology!

"Huh? Someone's following me?"

As he drove along the road, Chen Mu analyzed the passing vehicles when he suddenly noticed that a car behind him seemed to be following him suspiciously. More importantly, when curiosity prompted him to analyze other items inside that car, such as their phones, he detected several firearms.

"They're carrying guns so openly in China? And I seem to be the target?"

Chen Mu raised his brows and subconsciously checked his storage. He had two ordinary firearms, an AK and a SCAR, as well as two optimized M4s he had produced in his spare time. Those weapons should be enough for self-defense.

With a gun in hand, his heart remained calm. Chen Mu stayed alert as he slowed down. Deep down, he still held onto a sliver of hope. What if they were not targeting him?

Unfortunately, reality proved that he really was their target. As his speed decreased, the car behind him slowed down as well.

"I really am the target?"

Chen Mu frowned tightly, feeling conflicted as he rapidly thought over who he could have provoked to be followed like this. And the other side even had guns?

Uh, they were only small pistols, but in China, they were already lethal weapons!

"I was just an idle rich second-generation kid before this. It doesn't seem like I ever provoked anyone. Who could it be?"

Chen Mu racked his brains but still could not figure out who he had offended to be treated this way.

"Screech, screech, screech..."

Just as Chen Mu pondered the question, the vehicle following him accelerated, pulled ahead of him, then slammed on the brakes, forcing Chen Mu's car to stop as well.

"Damn it, there's no one on the road!"

There were several stretches with little traffic on the way back. Just like now, not a single car was on this fairly wide road!

Just as Chen Mu began to feel nervous, someone got out of the car in front. A six-foot-three burly man approached Chen Mu's car with an unconcerned expression, opened the front passenger door, and climbed in!

"Kid, if you want to live, drive into that side road!"

The burly man spoke viciously, a gun barrel faintly visible beneath the hem of his clothes as he threatened Chen Mu.

"..."

Going down that side road would be a dead end, wouldn't it?

Chen Mu felt nervous and touched the side of his seat. He had just taken out an improved M4 rifle and disengaged its safety when this man got into the car. He had not even had time to lock the doors.

"Um, let's talk this out, big brother. Who are you people?" Chen Mu intended to stall for time so that he could fight back when the man was off guard.

Come to think of it, aside from shooting guns at the shooting range before, Chen Mu had never even touched a gun. That was why he had not drawn one immediately.

But now that he was being threatened, he could only rely on the gun in his hand.

"It's nothing. Someone paid me to teach you a lesson, that's all."

The burly man smiled, though his smile was rather chilling.

"Don't worry, kid. As long as you cooperate, I won't take your life."

That was true. Bullets were not easy to obtain in China, and he would not waste them on Chen Mu.

He was not lying about that. He was indeed just earning some extra cash, and all he had to do was teach Chen Mu a lesson.

Of course, even if it was only a "lesson," while it would not cost Chen Mu his life, the man still intended to break both his hands and rob him along the way. He had done plenty of such things before.

"O-okay..."

Seemingly frightened, Chen Mu tremblingly placed both hands on the steering wheel.

Seeing this, the burly man seemed to relax his guard. He lowered his gun and looked ahead smugly. In his eyes, Chen Mu was merely meat on the chopping block, free for him to carve up as he pleased.

"Then die!"

Chen Mu said this as he saw that the gun was no longer aimed at him. He took a deep breath, and a gun suddenly appeared in his hand. He immediately fired at the burly man.

The reason Chen Mu's hands had trembled earlier was not because he was afraid. It was more because he knew he was about to kill someone!

He only needed to find an opening. With Huaqiangbei's storage allowing him to take out items at any time, he could easily turn the tables!

Sure enough, once the opportunity came, Chen Mu fired without hesitation.

Rat-a-tat-tat...

Although the burly man reacted somewhat, everything was too late. Before he could recover from his shock, he was riddled with bullets, dying with his eyes wide open.

He never could have imagined that someone in China would possess something like a rifle!

That shock was even greater than his surprise at how a gun had suddenly appeared in Chen Mu's hand.

He truly died without peace.

"There must be accomplices!" Chen Mu did not believe the man's claim that they only wanted to teach him a lesson.

After killing the man, he looked toward the car ahead.

The gun in his hand had been taken from storage on the spot, not the one he had previously placed beside him. Of course, it was also an optimized M4. It had tremendous power while producing very little recoil.

Looking at the car ahead, Chen Mu gritted his teeth, changed magazines, aimed at the vehicle, and opened fire in a sweeping burst.

The windows were shot through, bullets leaving crater after crater in the car ahead as shattered glass scattered everywhere.

If any passersby had come by, they would have been shocked by what had happened here. Such an intense gunfight had actually broken out in gun-restricted China.

"They should be dead, right?"

After emptying another magazine, Chen Mu finally opened his car door and got out, though he still cautiously approached the vehicle ahead.