Enforcer Manual
Chapter 236: Running Under the Moonlight, the Passing of Your Youth_1

Even when they had been hunted by corporate military drones in the past, they had never felt such a heart-stopping sensation.

Because at this moment, it felt like they were not facing an enemy, but rather trying to escape from a natural disaster.

However, the disaster did not slow down for the Rebel Army; in less than ten seconds, he immobilized all pursuers and turned to chase them directly.

With their bare eyes, they couldn’t capture Wild Bone’s movements; he closed the distance between them at tens of meters per second, almost in the blink of an eye.

From a blurry silhouette in the depths of the night, they could now clearly see the outline of their pursuer.

The crimson prosthetic eyes, standout in the night, were like a Death relentlessly chasing them, and all they could do now was to try and outrun this grim reaper with an old off-road vehicle salvaged from a junkyard.

Could they do it?

"Heavy Cannon" didn’t know the answer, or perhaps the answer no longer mattered.

The chase itself was already legendary enough.

For a mercenary, nothing was more exhilarating than declaring war against the United Government directly.

He raised his voice, shouting amongst the swiftly approaching footsteps, "Don’t spare the bullets, let’s see who can run out of ammo first!"

"You don’t have to tell me twice!"

Different gunshots mixed together, creating a magnificent symphony in the dark of night.

However, Song Lan’s mood was not as stirred as the others’; what truly shocked him was the fact that the Rebel Army pursuers had been brought to a halt by a single gravity bomb.

Are you guys even competent?

Useless fools!

Faced with the situation, all he could do was keep up with the tempo of the trio, poking his body out of the off-road vehicle, symbolically emptying his magazine, trying his best to look like a professional mercenary.

Luckily, the vehicle shook fiercely, and Wild Bone’s armor was impervious to bullets; the shooters did not care whether each bullet hit its mark.

Under his deliberate control, the distance between them narrowed continuously.

"I’m aware that your marksmanship needs improvement, but I must remind you, could you please stop attacking me?"

After sweeping a few magazines of bullets, the Infected spoke up to remind Song Lan.

Someone had been hitting the rear of the car since the beginning.

After careful analysis, it identified Song Lan as the main culprit. During this chase, Song Lan’s "contribution" to damaging the vehicle far surpassed that of Wild Bone.

Although it was bulletproof, bad habits needed correction.

"If the vehicle you were in didn’t have a bulletproof coating, your previous gunfire would have been enough to ignite the fuel tank," it said.

Luckily, the others were too immersed in shooting to notice the AI system’s disapproval of Song Lan, and after being scorned by the Infected, Song Lan stiffened and awkwardly did not reload, passionately pulling the trigger on an empty magazine.

This scene did not escape the scrutiny of Dr. Bai Zhu, who had been observing Song Lan all along.

This man does not belong to the Barrosa Group.

As the biggest arms dealer in the Neutral Country, their subordinates would all know how to shoot, wouldn’t they?

So, the question arises...

To which force does this self-proclaimed counter-terrorism expert really belong?

"Counter-terrorism expert, speed up, speed up! He’s catching up!"

"Heavy Cannon" stuck half his body out of the window, yelling and screaming.

The next moment, a roaring sound from ahead overtook them.

A beam descending from the stars blocked their path, a dazzling light just as it had been two years prior.

As the light faded, the ground in front splintered open, a rift formed out of thin air intercepting their route to freedom on the other side of the abyss.

"It’s ’God’s Hand’!"

The voice of "Heavy Metal Rock" sounded thrillingly excited, "That bastard is actually using satellite weapons against us!"

Fighting against the United Government’s most advanced mechanical creation and even forcing the enemy to deploy satellite weapons!

Even though they knew that Wild Bone had cut the road ahead of them with a beam not to strike at them directly—out of consideration for Dr. Bai Zhu’s safety on board—still...

Legends don’t need to bother with the details!

"Fly across!"

Facing the bottomless canyon, "Heavy Cannon" shouted loudly.

The off-road vehicle didn’t slow down. Under the moonlight, it actually defied the laws of physics and arced through the air without the help of a slope.

It was perhaps an illusion, but he felt as if the car had sprouted wings.

As it crossed the canyon, even the flow of time seemed to slow down.

It was like a scene described in countless blockbusters, where the vehicle crossed the gorge and stopped on the other side. However, it seemed this legend was about to end.

A dark figure had crossed the canyon before them, blocking the path of the off-road vehicle.

The urgent sound of brakes marked the end of this symphony belonging to the mercenaries.

"In the end, you’re just a bunch of mercenaries."

Wild Bone stood in front of the Infected, and the data scanned by his artificial eye was very clear – apart from the off-road vehicle being somewhat special, the people on board were ordinary mercenaries with either very low-level prosthetic implantation or almost no implants at all.

That’s why their "Water Guns" could only tickle him.

Still, for a bunch of nameless mercenaries, this was already a remarkable feat.

His artificial eye locked onto each person in the vehicle.

He might as well take this peculiar off-road vehicle back for research as well.

"Biological information of six entities identified"

...

Six?

The scanning result caused Wild Bone to pause because he clearly remembered scanning a total of seven entities, including the off-road vehicle, the first time. Now, the off-road vehicle was still within his line of sight.

Without him noticing, someone in the car had suddenly disappeared.

Expand the scanning range.

Almost the next second, the built-in system in his artificial eye identified the location of the vanished person.

The person hadn’t run far, they hadn’t even harbored the thought of fleeing.

The location of the missing person was now right behind him!

Activation...

Even his thoughts seemed to be frozen at that moment.

Wild Bone realized it wasn’t an issue of his own acceleration; instead, the flow of time in the entire area had fallen into an extremely abnormal state.

"Still one step too slow, Wild Bone."

In this confused state of consciousness, something seemed to have penetrated the defense field of his body, passing through the armor rooted under his flesh to reach deeper.

"Good, with this, I think I’ve got what I wanted from the invincible you."

...

The next moment, his connection with the operating system was restored.

Almost simultaneously, a barrage of messages popped up.

"Detection of unknown intrusion"

"Warning, built-in armor failing, please immediately..."

"Warning, system response lost, error code: 082x232315"

"System reboot in progress"

"Reboot failed... Chip not detected"

...

"Quick, pull out!"

Song Lan’s shout brought the people in the car out of their brief stupor, and the mercenaries instinctively unleashed their firepower on Wild Bone, who was now within striking distance.

For some reason, facing their volley, Wild Bone stood still like a wooden puppet.

The sound of the engine roared as the Infected veered around Wild Bone and sped off into the distance.