Three pitch-black Cadillac Escalades sped along the narrow, winding country road like ghosts skimming the ground.
Wang Qiang kept his eyes fixed on the road ahead while also monitoring the GPS location and countdown on his wristwatch.
They were still about seven kilometers from the designated coastal extraction point.
But under the current circumstances, those seven kilometers felt unbearably long.
"Captain, at our two o'clock, roughly one kilometer away, multiple moving light sources have appeared.
They're moving fast. They aren't ordinary vehicles."
The voice of the teammate watching the rear came through the communicator, taut with tension.
"Received. Keep watching. Prioritize shaking the eyes in the sky."
Wang Qiang replied. They had long known that on the enemy's home turf, completely concealing their tracks was almost wishful thinking.
The full mobilization of the state apparatus, especially within the capital region, was astonishingly efficient and dense.
The ground pursuers would catch up sooner or later. The key was reaching the rendezvous point before they were surrounded.
Just then,
Whirrr!
The dull thump of rotors churning the air approached from the distance, followed by a blinding white beam.
Without warning, it slashed down diagonally from the high sky ahead, instantly illuminating several hundred meters of road and woodland as bright as day!
"Helicopter! Searchlight! Everyone, lights out! Turn right into the woods!" Wang Qiang immediately ordered.
Almost the instant his words fell, every light on the three vehicles, including the dashboards and any possible light source,
went dark. The drivers displayed astonishing control.
They sharply spun the steering wheels, tires letting out faint screeches as all three vehicles nearly simultaneously swerved off the roadbed.
They charged into the dense deciduous forest on the right side of the road.
Thick trunks and low-hanging branches scraped against the vehicles as they jolted through the