Bzzzz—!
Several drones emerged from the woods on the right. Shen Qingzhu's expression changed. "Run!"
With that, he turned and stepped across the rocks protruding from the stream, sprinting in the opposite direction.
Deng Wei secured the weight on his back, gritted his teeth, and followed Shen Qingzhu's footsteps, stepping from rock to rock.
At that moment, the drones behind them had already flown into the distance. Their mounted gun barrels aimed at the two of them and fired several missiles in rapid succession.
Deng Wei's attention was drawn to the missiles, and he immediately panicked. He hurriedly bent down to dodge them, but the rock beneath his foot suddenly slipped, and he fell straight into the stream.
Splash—!
Shen Qingzhu abruptly turned back, his face changing drastically. After hesitating for a moment, he still gritted his teeth, grabbed Deng Wei by the shoulder, and helped him back up.
"Damn it, I told you not to follow me. Now you're nothing but trouble!"
Cursing under his breath, Shen Qingzhu slung Deng Wei's arm over his shoulder and moved swiftly. Deng Wei's right foot seemed to be injured, and he could barely move.
Rat-a-tat-tat—!
The two drones continued to follow closely behind them. As if on purpose, they fired a couple of shots from time to time, yet not a single bullet hit them.
Shen Qingzhu frowned deeply, his gaze landing on the thicket not far ahead. His pace quickened again, and he was practically carrying Deng Wei forward.
Under the two drones' absurdly terrible marksmanship, Shen Qingzhu led Deng Wei straight into the thicket. The drones circled outside it twice but did not follow them in.
The two hunched over and struggled through the thicket.
Finally, Shen Qingzhu ran out of strength and stumbled to the ground with Deng Wei