Active Skill Card: M1A2 SEP (Green)

"An abnormal signal was detected above you. You've been targeted."

Frank's voice came through the earpiece. Hong Fei replied as he ran, "The drone, don't worry about it for now. Where are you?"

"On the street to your left."

Hong Fei leaped forward, taking the chance to glance back. He saw a black motorcycle weaving rapidly through traffic. Most police were converging on Harlem, so aside from startled car owners honking their horns in frustration, no police cars were bothering to ticket him for speeding.

This is bad, I absolutely cannot learn from him.

As his body soared dozens of meters above the street, Hong Fei said, "I'll take care of the drone before we leave the city. The light outside is too dim. Keep monitoring the surrounding signals and stay hidden."

"Roger that. But how exactly do you plan to deal with that monster?"

"Don't worry, it's almost done for. Have Number One and the others head back. We'll have a lot of aerial surveillance from now on, and they're too big a target."

The Abomination's surface wounds had healed considerably, but with its rapid movements, the newly closed wounds inevitably tore open again, blood splattering with a terrifying hiss. Even more severe were its eye sockets, where the continuously flowing green blood had stained nearly half its body.

Stepping onto the last building at the edge of the city, about fifteen meters off the ground, Hong Fei took a deep breath. He first aimed at a large tree opposite, then repeated his previous maneuver.

Draw weapon, ascend, turn, aim, fire.

It was all done in one fluid motion.

Boom!

The drone exploded in a brilliant burst of flames.

The screen abruptly went dark. Hill handed the tablet back and said as she got into the car, "Continue deploying more drones, increase their altitude, and get the fighter jets ready."

Shoving the grenade launcher behind him, Hong Fei turned and grabbed onto a tree trunk. The immense inertia pressed his fingers downward, almost breaking them, before Hong Fei released his grip and propelled himself forward again.

The forest canopy shook, but Hong Fei's speed only increased.

After breaking out of the city, Frank turned off his lights, pulled down the night vision goggles on his helmet, and twisted the throttle, speeding away.

A moment later, a red dot appeared on the display on Frank's arm, and a rumbling roar echoed from the sky behind him.

He was all too familiar with such sounds.

Slowing down, turning on his headlights to blend in with ordinary vehicles, Frank shouted a warning, "Fighter jets are coming! Take cover!"

Hong Fei naturally heard the anomaly as well. He saw the Abomination ahead turn and leap into the wide river, and he plunged in after it.

The fighter jet streaked overhead, flying low. Even through the river water, the thunderous engine noise could be heard.

In the river, the Abomination dived rapidly, and Hong Fei followed closely.

The fighter jet began to circle overhead.

For a fighter jet, a few seconds of flight in one direction was enough time for the Abomination and Hong Fei to travel a considerable distance.

So, even though the fighter jet couldn't see where the Abomination and Hong Fei were going, as long as it was still circling nearby, they wouldn't dare surface.

Hong Fei grumbled inwardly: So unsportsmanlike!

The fighter jet was too fast. Even with a lock-on, the gunpowder-propelled grenades probably couldn't catch up.

Moreover, if they shot down this fighter jet now, more would immediately scramble, and neither Hong Fei nor Frank would be able to escape.

After diving over thirty meters deep, the Abomination propelled itself forward with its large hands. The blood flowing from its body stained the water behind it, and Hong Fei dared not follow too closely, trailing far behind and to the side.

On the ground, Frank looked at the dense cluster of red dots on his arm display: "More drones are coming, at least twenty."

Let them come, whatever.

Hong Fei couldn't speak, so he could only tap the microphone lightly in response.

Right now, he could only hope the Abomination would be a little smarter.

Flowing downstream, the two swam a thousand meters in no time. The Abomination slowly surfaced, and hearing the fighter jet's sound fade, it immediately popped its head out and took a deep breath.

After diving again, it swam furiously forward.

Hong Fei followed suit behind it. He heard the sound of the fighter jet circling overhead grow more distant, then suddenly, two fighter jets flew overhead, one after the other, but neither discovered the targets hidden dozens of meters below the river.

Furthermore, the twenty or so accompanying drones spread out like bait, moving up and down, their actions a mix of enticement and provocation.

Hong Fei ignored them completely.

This process of surfacing for air and continuing to move quietly repeated for half an hour until the sound of the fighter jets in the sky finally faded.

However, the Abomination didn't rush to shore. It continued downstream, then suddenly turned right into a tributary.

Another hour passed. When there were no longer any signs of human activity on the riverbanks, only dense forest, it finally deigned to leave the water.

After coming ashore, the Abomination collapsed onto the ground. The bone armor on its chest rose and fell rapidly, its breathing heavy, and blood still seeped from its wounds.

Even a monster of such immense size couldn't withstand prolonged blood loss.

The Abomination could feel its strength rapidly draining, its mind growing increasingly hazy.

Hong Fei came ashore four hundred meters behind it, also breathing raggedly. He felt like his whole body was about to fall apart. But looking at the Abomination in the distance, he bit his tongue lightly to clear his head, leaning against a large tree to keep watching it.

The Abomination's choice was quite clever.

Jumping into the river and diving deep to swim was enough to evade most search tools. Moreover, finding someone in the water was definitely not as simple as imagined. The military and S.H.I.E.L.D. would have to choose between land and river first, and only then would they have a chance to search the river.

It was late at night, the light was dim, and they had been in the river for nearly two hours. Hong Fei himself didn't know how far he had swum. If they wanted to conduct a comprehensive search, the sheer scope of the potential area might cause them to give up.

With the added complication of having mixed into a tributary earlier, their current location was concealed by the jungle canopy overhead. Even with satellite surveillance, finding them wouldn't be easy.

For the military and S.H.I.E.L.D. to truly track them down, they'd have far more difficult choices to make than the Abomination and Hong Fei.

Of course, if the Abomination made a wrong move, Hong Fei would reluctantly abandon his pursuit and turn his attention elsewhere, even if it pained him.

For now, they were temporarily safe.

A few minutes later, the Abomination got back on its feet, muttering a few words before it began trudging heavily into the forest.

Hong Fei let out a silent sigh. After waiting for half a minute, he finally got up and followed.

Activating the Shinigami Eye, the footprints and lingering scents in the forest clearly indicated the direction the Abomination had gone.

Following along, Hong Fei suddenly stopped after a moment.

Not far ahead, the Abomination's massive, grotesque form lay motionless on the ground.

Hong Fei stood there, observing for a long time, but there was no reaction.

Dead?

Hong Fei didn't believe it. Besides, if it were truly dead, given the Abomination's status, it should have dropped at least one Skill Card.

After a while longer, Hong Fei was reasonably sure the Abomination had fainted. He then slowly approached, holding his grenade launcher, cautiously probing.

Most of the Abomination's back spikes were broken, and its entire back was covered in gruesome wounds. Kicking its leg to flip the Abomination over, Hong Fei saw that its eyes were tightly shut, its limbs limp and weak. The horrific wound on its left eye was already beginning to scab over. The entirety of its grotesque face had lost most of its green hue, appearing incredibly pale.

Although the Abomination's wounds were healing, the process was extremely slow. Its chest barely rose and fell with very slight movements, even after a long time.

Hong Fei immediately breathed a sigh of relief and sat down on the ground.

His earpiece had been severely waterlogged and was now useless. Hong Fei could only wait for Frank to locate him using his waterproof locator.

Just then, Hong Fei's peripheral vision caught a streak of white light shooting across the horizon.

He instinctively activated the Shinigami Eye, only to find that the incoming object was a card glowing white.

He deactivated the Shinigami Eye, and the card flew directly to him.

The image on the front of the card wasn't of a person or a monster, but a tank.

Did I fight a tank just now? Hong Fei frowned.

He flipped it over.

[Active Skill Card: M1A2 SEP](Green)

"You can consume a large amount of energy to obtain a brand-new M1A2 SEP tank. Your energy is its ammunition."

Holy crap!

Hong Fei almost cried out loud.

He stared intently at this brand-new equipment card. If the timing were right, he would have loved to see what this thing was all about immediately.

What kind of skill is this?

This can also be a skill?

Requesting monthly and recommendation tickets for the new week!