At some point, a large number of Human-faced Crows had gathered in the trees around the villa.
Drawn by the sounds of fighting, they witnessed the entire process. After Gray Squirrel's Card was carried away by a Xenomorph and Ye Zheng lost her target, everything fell quiet—then three or five Human-faced Crows flapped their short wings and flew swiftly toward the outskirts.
The highway lay silent.
Feng Ling pushed the electric scooter with its dead battery along, moving at an unhurried pace.
Huangfu Miaomiao trailed behind her, sighing miserably. "How much farther do we have to walk...?"
"Almost there. The map says there's a charging station five hundred meters ahead," Feng Ling said.
Huangfu Miaomiao muttered resentfully, "It'd be great if we ran into a taxi... If not a taxi, then any car would do, as long as it could give us a ride."
Feng Ling snorted. "Wishful thinking. It's curfew right now. How could any cars possibly pass through here...?"
Before she could finish, a beam of light swayed into view ahead.
Feng Ling froze for a moment and narrowed her eyes toward the road ahead. Blinding headlights illuminated the pavement, and the roar of an engine rapidly approached. The vehicle was moving extremely fast.
"That was a fast jinx," Feng Ling muttered, dragging the electric scooter farther to the roadside.
Several vehicles shot past Feng Ling and Huangfu Miaomiao like the wind!
At the front was a Patrol Car from the Supervision Bureau, followed by two small refrigerated trucks. Whatever emergency had occurred, the vehicles sped along at full tilt, never noticing Feng Ling by the roadside.
Huangfu Miaomiao said in surprise, "Feng Ling, look! Those vehicles are heading to the Incineration Plant!"
"I see..." Feng Ling watched the taillights disappear into the distance. "In the middle