Outlaws

Wuzhiqi had felt that something was off just now, but he had never figured out what it was. Hearing those words, he suddenly realized.

Zoos had once been places of entertainment for humans, but for apes, they were prisons without freedom, hells of hatred.

Why would Kuafu go to a place like that to relax!

He was telling them that he had already been imprisoned and stripped of his freedom!

The apes immediately began to assemble. Warhorses neighed and apes roared as they chased in the direction the armored vehicle had gone!

The ape cavalrymen all wore grave expressions.

More than half an hour had passed since the armored vehicle left. All they could hope now was that the other side's armored vehicle had broken down on the road again, just as before.

After all, while warhorses were fast, they could not compare to tireless machines.

Cavalry could travel at roughly fifty kilometers an hour, and a single journey could cover no more than eighty to a hundred kilometers.

The Defender-3 armored vehicle, however, had a maximum speed of one hundred kilometers per hour and could travel five hundred kilometers continuously!

The ape cavalrymen were all filled with regret, especially Wuzhiqi. He had completely failed to understand the deeper meaning behind Kuafu's words!

If anything happened to Kuafu, he would never forgive himself.

Inside the armored vehicle, Shen Feng had already left Radiant City far behind with Kuafu. After speeding through the wilderness for some time, he turned onto a highway and raced toward the capital.

He did not drive at full speed, since two horses were still being led behind the armored vehicle.

If the armored vehicle's engine developed another problem, those two horses would be his way out.

Fortunately, with the armored vehicle clearing the way ahead, there were basically no obstacles along the route, allowing the two horses to move much faster as well.

Once they were on the highway, the armored vehicle's tracks would become much fainter and much harder to follow.

"Where exactly are you going?" Kuafu asked. His expression had actually relaxed somewhat, and he was very interested in Shen Feng.

After all, this was the first human he had encountered since the large-scale outbreak of Stone Statue Disease. Moreover, this human was completely different from what he had imagined, as though he had some purpose all along.

Judging from this human youth's expression and mannerisms, he did not seem like someone who had only just transformed from a stone statue back into a human.

Shen Feng did not hide it from him. As he drove, he said calmly, "The capital."

Ever since earlier, he had been feeling a faint headache, as though something inside his head were cracking apart.

Was Stone Statue Disease getting worse?

He had to move faster!

Just then, he suddenly spotted something. He let out a surprised sound and abruptly stopped.

Kuafu was also confused by his actions and hurriedly looked outside.

Shen Feng found another rope and tied Kuafu up tighter, then opened the hatch and stepped out.

Beside the armored vehicle was the trailer compartment of a large truck. The cab was already gone.

The tires were somewhat deflated, but they still looked usable. The tires on trucks like this were generally semi-solid.

Shen Feng immediately found several steel cables and tied the trailer to the armored vehicle. Then he used several metal car doors to make a ramp and led the two horses aboard.

After shutting the trailer compartment doors, Shen Feng returned to the armored vehicle and started it again.

This time, he went at full speed!

With the two horses hauled directly behind it, the vehicle's speed immediately increased greatly as it began tearing down the highway.

Seeing this, Kuafu's expression darkened further.

At this point, expecting the ape cavalrymen to catch this armored vehicle with warhorses alone was nothing more than a fool's dream.

"Are you trying to find a cure for Stone Statue Disease? Save those humans who have already turned into stone statues? Or are you merely trying to treat your own Stone Statue Disease? I can tell that you have already been infected."

Kuafu looked at Shen Feng's slightly stiff hands as he spoke slowly.

Shen Feng did not answer his question. Instead, he suddenly asked, "You can speak fluently? Why did you pretend before that you couldn't use language proficiently?"

Kuafu froze, then said meaningfully, "I simply did not want to seem too much like a human among my own kind. Even though I am a sage among the apes, I cannot stop the suspicion in every ape's heart. Perhaps it is a common flaw of primates..."

Shen Feng nodded. Suddenly, an intense headache struck him, as though his head were about to explode. He hurriedly raised a hand to press against his forehead, his eyes wide as he nearly passed out.

Fortunately, the pain vanished in an instant. Shen Feng then violently shook his head and drew a deep breath, only to faintly feel an itchy numbness rising from within his skull.

At the same time, he felt as though his mind had become much clearer than before—even clearer than after waking from a long sleep!

All kinds of things rapidly poured out from the depths of his mind: Construction Approval Report for the Qi City Epidemic Prevention Center Solar-Assisted Power Supply System, all sorts of notes and diaries on Stone Statue Disease, various newspaper and magazine reports about Stone Statue Disease, technical reports on Stone Statue Disease virus experiments, and more.

At first, they were the things he had seen after coming to this world. Soon, they became vast amounts of information buried deep within his memories.

Aside from what he had learned at school, there was all kinds of knowledge and information he had glimpsed by chance. Even things he had only given a cursory glance before instantly became vivid and incomparably clear!

What was happening!?

Shen Feng's eyes widened as he felt as though he had become an information processor.

After about ten seconds, the sensation finally began to fade, but the shock on Shen Feng's face was impossible to conceal.

Seeing this, Kuafu's gaze sharpened as he slowly asked, "You... injected the last Pangu Drug?"

Right, the Pangu Virus drug!

Shen Feng suddenly understood. This had to be the effect of the Pangu Virus!

Before, he had thought that stuff had expired and was completely useless. Now it seemed that it needed time to take effect.

He felt as though his brain had just been washed with cooling balm. His mind felt incomparably light, as if he were about to fly.

Yet that faint pain still clung to him like a shadow, as though reminding him that his brain could crack open again at any moment.

He just did not know whether there would be any side effects.

Shen Feng did not answer Kuafu's question. He merely glanced at him and casually switched on the music player.

Perhaps music could ease the unrelenting pain.

The song "Outlaws" by Super Band immediately drifted from the player and over the highway:

"...Set off, don't ask where the road lies Facing the wind and moving forward is the only way Set off, don't want to ask where the road lies Fate—what obstacles could there be? When the rumbling of wheels begins the labor pains of dreams It whips up the wind and reshapes every face The night fog is so thick, open yet surging There is a premonition that the end of the road is a maze..."

Amid the music, the chaotic information in Shen Feng's mind rapidly sorted and integrated itself, much like the changes taking place within his brain.

Seeing that Shen Feng ignored him, Kuafu stopped asking and gradually became immersed in the music.

At that moment, he suddenly realized that among humanity's legacy, there were still quite a few good things he had yet to discover.

Music, for instance.

Music drifted through the air, the engine roared, and the human and ape remained silent.

A little over two hours later, the armored vehicle's engine finally let out a loud bang. The problems caused by the spoiled fuel erupted again, and the engine became clogged.

The armored vehicle rapidly slowed until it could barely move forward.

Shen Feng slung on his backpack, took up his shotgun, and escorted Kuafu out of the cabin. He led the two warhorses down from the rear trailer.

For the rest of the journey, they would have to rely on those two horses.

The human and ape mounted up and galloped into the wilderness.