Super Island Tycoon

Chapter 1320: Chapter 1319: A Horrific Sight

All of a sudden Jiang Cheng seemed to hear birds calling outside the window, a cuckoo’s cry. It sounded very real, but Jiang Cheng knew there shouldn’t be cuckoos calling at this hour. It had to be that man who’d just come to pick him up. Jiang Cheng slowly paced over to the door. The moment he grabbed the doorknob, a flicker of unease flashed through his mind. What if this man was lying to him? But Jiang Cheng only hesitated for a few seconds before opening the door, and sure enough, he saw the man standing outside. This time the man was dressed in night clothes, looking like he was about to meld completely into the darkness. Jiang Zai thought.

”If you’d come out one second later, I might’ve left.” The man said lightly, his eyes hostile as he looked at Jiang Cheng. Jiang Cheng felt he had clearly seen through his last‑minute wavering. He couldn’t help feeling a bit embarrassed.

”Come with me.” The man motioned Jiang Cheng out, closed the door, and Jiang Cheng followed him, walking straight ahead. When he’d been knocked out and dragged in here earlier, Jiang Cheng had had no idea about the layout of this place, and now there weren’t even any lights. It was all pitch‑black, but Jiang Cheng could still faintly make out that this had to be one of those temporary prefab structures. Only there was clearly none of that mountain‑and‑water scenery around; instead it felt even more like a maze. Jiang Cheng felt like they were walking in circles. Without the man leading him in front, he had no idea how many more turns he’d have to take.

But they only walked a few minutes before they came out. In the moonlight Jiang Cheng saw that ahead was already rocky hills. ”This is as far as I go. The rest of the way you’re on your own.” The man said.

”Thank you.” Jiang Cheng was genuinely grateful to this man. Otherwise, in an environment like this, he really wouldn’t have known what to do.

”But why are you helping me?” Jiang Cheng asked.

The reason? Keke. Just think of it as my brain short‑circuiting and I suddenly felt like doing a good deed.” The man smiled. Against the moonlight, Jiang Cheng saw the bright white teeth revealed by his smile.

”If I get the chance in the future, I’ll repay you.” Jiang Cheng said.

”Repay me? Heh, we’ll see. Talk about that after you manage to escape their pursuit.” The man finished speaking and turned to leave.

In the darkness, the man’s back looked tall and lean, carrying a certain upright air. Jiang Cheng felt sure this man was definitely not one of them. But right now Jiang Cheng had no time to think too much about it. What mattered now was getting out of here quickly and reaching somewhere safe. The problem was, Jiang Cheng had no idea where could truly be considered safe. So the only place he could head for was the oasis he’d seen earlier.

Jiang Cheng remembered that the car in his Jiezhi Bracelet should be able to drive in this terrain too, he thought. But the ground here was uneven and rugged. A sports car would have a hard time moving. So he took out an off‑road vehicle.

Jiang Cheng used the portable simulated locator he carried with him as the car’s navigation system. Though it couldn’t guide him accurately and conveniently to the oasis, Jiang Cheng could at least see the general direction.

Driving like this, he quickly covered a long distance. But when Jiang Cheng checked, the distance to the oasis was still very far. Roughly estimating, he felt he wouldn’t arrive until tomorrow morning at the earliest.

Even with such a capable off‑road vehicle, on a road filled with obstacles like this, Jiang Cheng was still driving with difficulty. But his locator had never gone off, which meant Qiu Qingqing wouldn’t be in this Zhou Country either. Jiang Cheng focused on driving for a while.

In this way he’d gone a very long stretch when Jiang Cheng suddenly felt like there was a vehicle chasing him from behind, headlights on and flashing at him. Jiang Cheng glanced at the rear‑view mirror and was stunned for a moment. There were two cars behind him in pursuit. One of them had its front lights so close they were practically about to ram into his rear bumper.

Jiang Cheng couldn’t see clearly what the people in the cars behind looked like. But right now his heart really felt like it had jumped up into his throat.

At this moment Jiang Cheng was practically flying, driving at top speed. But ahead seemed to be a huge rocky hill blocking the way. He had no choice but to go around the hill; that was the only option. Jiang Cheng thought. But doing that meant traveling even more distance, and the road clearly looked bad.

But seeing one of the two cars chasing him already almost right beside him, Jiang Cheng clearly saw the person in the car next to him aiming a dark gun barrel at him.

Right then Jiang Cheng felt that installing special glass when he’d modified this car had been the smartest choice he’d ever made. Immediately afterwards he felt a violent jolt, the whole body of the car shuddering several times, but the glass on the right side that had taken the hit still didn’t shatter. However, the bullet’s impact created whirlpool‑like circular patterns where it struck.

But that shot had at least slowed the car beside him down. Jiang Cheng saw a turn up ahead. Only one vehicle could make it through that turn. Now, dealing with them here in advance was the best choice. Jiang Cheng knew he couldn’t keep staying in this kind of dangerous, passive position. It was time to fight back. As long as he pulled this off, he could completely shake them off!

The two cars behind him kept up relentless pursuit, and Jiang Cheng felt his car taking their attacks over and over. Even though his car could withstand this kind of damage, Jiang Cheng was gradually feeling the recoil grow stronger and stronger. His heart ached—this was his favorite car after modifications, and now you could say it was riddled with scars.

The turn ahead was getting closer and closer. Jiang Cheng also realized that the two cars behind wanted to get through that turn as well, planning to squeeze him into a meat patty. Jiang Zai felt a wave of worry about his situation. As things stood, fighting alone, it would be genuinely hard to get out of this bend and take out the two cars behind. But Jiang Cheng had no choice!

Jiang Cheng exhaled deeply, and as he neared the bend, he slammed the gas and swung through the turn. In that instant, Jiang Cheng could clearly hear the wind roaring past his ears, along with the crash of vehicles colliding behind him.

Jiang Cheng looked at the narrow path in front of him and slowly brought the car to a stop. He got out and looked back at the two cars behind. He couldn’t make out the people inside, but in the darkness he could vaguely see that one car had been tightly jammed into the turn they’d just passed, crushed beyond recognition. The car behind seemed to have slammed into the one in front, and he couldn’t see any Shadows of people inside at all. Truly brutal, Jiang Cheng thought. His own car had also been shot up so badly by those people that it was an eyesore. Fortunately, Jiang Cheng had thoroughly reinforced this vehicle before; it was still roadworthy.

Jiang Cheng ”seven‑five‑zero” took a sip of water, looked up at the sky—the moonlight was reasonably bright, but there weren’t many stars. He had to admit he still felt a bit of that post‑disaster‑survivor sensation; the heart that had been pounding nonstop just now was slowly calming down.

Qiu Qingqing was still nowhere to be seen. Whatever her difficulties were, she had already created a certain obstacle to the road back for herself and Jiang Cheng. You could say that if she had trusted him just a little more, this whole mess could have been resolved much more quickly.