Getting Away

With a clang, the metal fell to the ground. Feng Xue tossed the wrench aside and urged quickly:

"Alright, come in quickly!"

"Wow! How are you so skilled?" Seeing that Feng Xue completed the entire process from choosing a car to stealing it in just one minute, without even triggering the alarm, Mang Ke couldn't help but ask.

Do you know why I was first imprisoned?

Feng Xue gave Mang Ke a meaningful look. Although it was an ambiguous statement, Mang Ke immediately understood. A child who grew up in Garbage Dump, a child with extraordinary talent in mechanics, it's not surprising that he would steal cars, right?

However, as the engine started, Mang Ke place the Power Reactor in a readily accessible location before glancing at the interior Accessories and saying:

"Wouldn't stealing such a luxury car be too conspicuous? Besides, the interior must have cost a fortune; the owner is definitely not an ordinary person..."

"It's precisely because it's a luxury car that it can be stolen."

"The fuel tank is full, and most people wouldn't think that a desperate person would drive a luxury car to escape. Most importantly, the dust under the car proves that it hasn't been moved for a long time, which means that the car hasn't been driven for a long time."

"While the interior decorations are nice, a closer look reveals that most are just for show, with almost no genuine customization to enhance passenger and driving comfort. This suggests that the car is not one the owner drives frequently, perhaps only a few times a year."

"Especially since this community isn't particularly luxurious, and the security and property management are only average, it suggests that this is probably just a residence with special public facilities but not a place to live. The license plate is also a regular one, and there are no permits or licenses for driving. If a car like this is stolen, the owner will usually find out about it later than the people who hire someone to clean it regularly."

Feng Xue was speaking at length when she started the car. Although it hadn't been started for a long time, a good car has its reasons. Both the driving feel and the comfort made people feel relaxed and happy.

Opening the car window, a still slightly chilly spring breeze blew into the car, slightly easing the suppressed spirits of the two who had just emerged from the sewers and entered the underground parking garage. Mang Ke the position of the waist pack Bottoms two Power Reactor, and while unconsciously watching the street scenes rushing past on both sides, he said:

Where to go next?

"I don't have any connections in the Parlin Kingdom. Do you have any trustworthy friends?" Feng Xue asked casually as she sped away from Palin University of Technology.

"How could a researcher like me have such connections!" Mang Ke shook his head to indicate that he didn't. Feng Xue could only sigh and say:

"Then try to use your communication device that can reach the higher-ups and ask what to do next. Even a country like Palin must have contingency plans like safe houses, right?"

"What do you mean even if it's Palin... Never mind, anyway, the blockade of the Ideal Country probably hasn't been lifted yet, so we can't contact them casually." Mang Ke shook his head in denial, but then noticed that Feng Xue was looking at him like he was an idiot, and he felt inexplicably guilty.

"W-what's wrong?"

"Don't tell me your contact information is just a regular communication method!"

Feng Xue had already underestimated this science and engineering girl's intelligence as much as possible, but she didn't expect her to break through the bottom line even further.

Upon hearing this, Mang Ke immediately became angry and said:

"How could it be ordinary communication? It must be Satellite Phone. But the problem is, you don't think Ideal Country would be unable to detect a satellite signal connection, do you?"

"It's possible, but even if we blockade it, how long do you think the Ideal Country can maintain this kind of surveillance? Or are you planning to be on the run for decades? Let me make this clear: you can play this game, but I won't play along!"

Feng Xue pondered whether to directly use the Soul-Seizing Technique, but Mang Ke seemed to finally understand his meaning and tentatively asked:

"You mean we should be contacted despite the detection capabilities? But that would give Ideal Country a way to locate us."

"You want to call twice? You only have one chance. Tell your superiors everything you can and can't say, get them a plan, and throw that damn phone away before Ideal Country tracks us down. Don't make me teach you this kind of thing!" Feng Xue covered her face tightly, feeling that this woman might have gone crazy from building Gundams.

Upon Mang Ke immediately pulled out a hard, black Satellite Phone, which made Feng Xue's expression darken again.

"Not now. Let's find a place where we can easily change Transportation Tool, and where we won't be found immediately even if we're located!"

"Just tell me what you want to do. I'm just an ordinary researcher; I don't know anything about espionage!"

Mang Ke felt that if Feng Xue continued to look down on her, she would start to doubt her own intelligence as a top researcher, so she quickly interrupted Feng Xue's attempt to teach her how to conduct underground work.

Feng Xue wanted to shrug, but since he was holding the steering wheel, she hesitated for a moment before nodding and saying:

"Alright, then you shut up now. Just act all cold unless I tell you to. Okay, wait a minute."

As Feng Xue spoke, she suddenly slammed on the brakes, brazenly stopping the car on the highway. She casually pulled out a few warning signs and placed them on the back of the car, then took out the cosmetics she had previously smuggled from the student dormitory Mang Ke's makeup.

"!!!"

Mang Ke glanced at the rearview mirror and felt a little suffocated for a moment. Before, when she wore that middle-aged woman's makeup, you could still make out some of her face shape, but now, she looked like a dark, Death Metal playing Shamate!

However, she still somewhat remembered Feng Xue's instructions, and forcibly shut her mouth. The thick, Dark Shamate makeup also concealed her subtle expressions.

The vehicle restarted, but soon stopped again. What appeared in Mang Ke's view was a rather old-fashioned repair shop, like the kind of place in racing movies where cars are illegally modified.

Didn't you say you were fine here?

Mang Ke some surprise, and the image of super agents from movies and TV shows who could simply say a slang term and be immediately led into a Secret Room flashed through his mind.

Feng Xue sighed and said:

"It doesn't matter, but some things don't depend on relationships. Also, from now on, you can't speak until I say you can, understand?"

"Okay!" Mang Ke immediately shut up and quietly watched Feng Xue's performance. As the vehicle approached, several guys sitting at a table playing cards at the entrance of the repair shop immediately looked up.

One of them sighed and said, "Dude, we can't afford to repair this car! You'd better find a 4S shop."

"Stop talking nonsense, just look at the chassis and you'll understand what's going on, hurry up!"

Feng Xue rolled her eyes, pulled out a few rolls of banknotes from her pocket and threw them over. The man caught the banknotes deftly, glanced at the car, and then gave a wink to the person in the guardhouse next to him.

A moment later, as if receiving some coded signal, the man then gestured to his friends at the card table to open the door, while simultaneously smiling obsequiously at Feng Xue:

"Sorry, but since they're new faces, we have to be a little cautious."