Awakening - Chapter 206

Chapter 206 Signal Part 1

When the ten men in black were less than 200 meters into the woods, all of a sudden, a few car engine sounds broke the forest tranquility, but also made them shocked.

“Quickly go back.” The leading tall strong man shouted as he ran back, other men in black immediately followed.

After running to the original position, they saw the two abandoned vehicles had disappeared. In the darkness, they saw four orange lights leaving farther and farther.

“All helicopters return to the initial location, the target vehicles escaped again and need to be pursued immediately. Repeat, all helicopters return to the original position, the target vehicles had just fled and need to be pursued.” The tall sturdy man in black exclaimed through the radio.

Finishing his command, he looked at the two escaping cars and said to himself: “You guys cannot run away.”

Less than two minutes later, three helicopters flew in from three directions. The first two to arrive successfully landed on the ground. The tall sturdy man immediately called two-thirds of the men in black and immediately divided them into two batches for each of the helicopters.

When the first two people entered the first helicopter, the second helicopter had just opened the door. Suddenly, five or six semi-elliptical objects flew from different directions toward them. One of those objects even entered the cabin of the second helicopter.

Hearing the abnormal sound from behind him, the pilot of the helicopter immediately looked back. Seeing the shape of that small object, his whole face turned white in an instant.

“Boom”, “boom”…

Thundering explosions scared the birds away from the woods.

In those powerful explosions, two helicopters turned into two masses of red fire. The nearby seven men in black, that were preparing to board the helicopters, were instantly fried; their residual limbs and pieces of broken metal were strewn everywhere. The rolling flames continued to rise upward.

Because of the distance, the other three men in black can quickly dodge away and fortunately survive that ambush. They immediately laid on the ground and opened fire on the two sides and then retreated toward the woods.

At this time, the third helicopter saw the fire on the ground and did not dare to descend and circle around twenty meters above the ground.

“What’s happening down there, please answer.” In the cabin, the pilot used the radio to ask in a loud voice.

After a while, he finally heard the reply from the tall sturdy man. “We were ambushed, the enemy hid on either side of the entrance to the woods. Quickly shoot a suppressive fire for us.”

Just as the pilot was about to open the left entrance to provide them with suppressive fire, he saw a black semi-ellipse object suddenly appeared in front of the window of his previous position. He could see what it was. Suddenly, a gunshot was heard. Then he saw that thing suddenly split into a red flame at an alarming rate. That fire continued to expand until finally, before the pilot had the time to cry out, that huge fire, all of a sudden, burst in, breaking the front window glass and flooding the cabin.

Seeing that plane exploded on the ground, Lei Yin jumped down from the tree top ten meters above the ground.

The clumps of trees did not affect his speed, after a few jumps, he came to Chang’an’ side.

“What’s the situation?”

“Your excellency, three people are still alive.”

“Don’t bother with them, we need to leave here ASAP, otherwise, if their reinforcement arrives, we’d be in trouble.”

“I have informed the two drivers, they should be back soon.”

Lei Yin nodded, and then said: “Lucky for us, we can solve those three helicopters at once.” According to his initial estimate, at most, they can simultaneously deal two helicopters. But, luckily, the first two helicopters descended on the ground almost at the same time. Thus gave them the opportunity to simultaneously deal the two helicopters, and the third not long after that.

At this time, the two ‘escaping’ cars arrived. Seeing the three burning flames on the ground, Rei Li, who sat in the first car, was very excited.

Lei Yin immediately said to Chang’an: “Don’t play with them any longer. Immediately call the other people back.”

“Yes, your excellency.” Chang’an, through radio, immediately notified the other ambush team on the other side to come here.

Although it was not very clear, the remaining three men in black also heard the car engine sounds.

“Captain, what do we do now?” One of the men in black asked the tall sturdy man next to him.

“Shut up!” The man said in a low voice. Looking at the orange lights from the cars in front of them, he was also very anxious.

This latest failure has put him in a great danger, if after loosing these many helicopters and people, and he still fails to catch Rei Li, he really didn’t know what those people will do to him.

Thinking about this, he said to the other two: “We need to split up and rush to their cars. We must obtain their cars. In a moment, our reinforcement will arrive.”

The two men in black nodded and rushed out from both sides. And that tall sturdy man went forward under the cover of the trees.

Under the faint light of stars, Lei  Yin can clearly see the three people coming toward them from the woods. He immediately lowered his voice and said: “They want to fight back. Chang’an, you handle the one on the left, and the two of them handle the one on the right. I will deal with the one in the middle. And call the other three members, tell them to rush.” With that, he found a good tree to cover himself. He held the gun, waiting for that tall sturdy man. Chang’an commanded the other two members to get out of the cars and guard the other side of his position.

After more than ten seconds later, that tall sturdy man was already two hundred meters away from their positions. Just as he was about to rush to the other tree to take cover, he was shot by Lei Yin.

Lei Yin frowned, just now he clearly hit his heart, but the guy acted as if nothing happened and did not even flinch. Perhaps that guy is wearing a special bulletproof vest.

Lei Yin said to Chang’an and the two team members: “They might be wearing body armor, aim for their heads.”

“Understood, your excellency.”

At this time, the three team members arrived from the other side. Seeing them trying to help shooting, Lei Yin immediately said: “Quickly go inside the cars.”

Those three team members immediately got in the car.

Seeing them wanting to leave, that tall sturdy man loudly roared, no longer hiding behind trees. He directly opened fire and rushed toward them.

Lei Yin precisely waited for this opportunity. He immediately aimed for the guy’s forehead and shot.

Seeing the bullet coming toward him, that tall sturdy man immediately lifted both of his hands in front of his face.

A “clang” sound was heard, When the bullet hit the man’s hand, it sent a metallic collision sound.

After this shot was blocked, that man kept his hands in front of his face posture and continued to rush toward Lei Yin. Soon, the two hundred meters initial distance has been reduced to less than a hundred meters.

Lei Yin tried to feel for the grenade on his body but found none. He immediately asked: “Who has a grenade?”

“Your excellency.” Chang’an threw the grenade to him.

After Lei Yin caught it, he immediately pulled the pin and threw it toward that man. He also started aiming the position where that grenade likely to land.

But before the grenade came to him, that man immediately jumped out of the way to the right.

Shortly thereafter, that man got up and continued to run toward Lei Yin. Not far behind him, the grenade exploded.

“You guys immediately drive away, he wants to destroy our cars. Quick!” Lei Yin shouted as he fired a few shots at the man’s thighs, chest, abdomen, face, and other parts of his body. However, when the thighs, abdomen, and chest were hit, they exuded metallic collision sound. The one aimed at his face was blocked by his hand.

At this time, the two cars have left the place by his command. But because the ground surface was bad, it was hard for them to speed up. Seeing the cars starting to leave, the man was even more madly rushing toward them. He was now less than 40 meters away from Lei Yin and several of his people. At the same time, the other two men in black people began to fire at them as they rushed. Chang’an and the other two team members immediately counterattacked with their submachine guns.

“Your excellency, let’s join our forces and kill him.” By this time, Chang’an had also found that the man was unusual, so he hastily said.

“I don’t know what’s with him, I fired several shots, but they don’t seem to have any effect on him. Try hit him on the head from the side.” Unexpectedly encountering this sort of opponent, Lei Yin put his gun back to his waist, and then, from the belt, pulled out a meter or so black sword.

Chang’an immediately fired his submachine gun toward the man’s head from the side. The man immediately raised his right hand to protect his left face but his two feet did not slow down.

When the man was less than four meters away from Lei Yin, Chang’an did not dare to shoot anymore because he was afraid of accidentally hitting Lei Yin. He can only anxiously look at the two people.

Watching the man was about to hit him, Lei Yin suddenly took a side step to let him past and immediately swung the sword in a backhanded move toward the man’s neck.

Like a non-entity specter, the black sword silently passed through the man’s wrist, across his neck, and finally, noiselessly stopped in mid-air.

That man’s eyes revealed a look of disbelief because he saw his body dashed forward, but it was a body without a head.

Picking up the hand that he just cut, Lei Yin saw that it was not really a hand. When he looked at the cross-section of the wrist, he saw a thick metal outer layer and densely packed wires in the inside.

Seeing this, his heart was moved. He took two steps forward before the headless body and removed its black upper outer garment. He found that there was no bulletproof vest, but it was not a normal human skin either. Instead, it was a glowing silver-gray metallic surface. When he touched it, it has a warm temperature.

At this time, Chang’an, who has disposed of his part of man in black, walked over and saw the body of that man. He cannot help but said with amazement: “Your excellency, this is….”

Lei Yin said in a heavy voice: “Do you still remember the research project on that base? If I guess it right, this may be the successful result of that research, the real mixture of humans with machines. I believe that below this layer of metal are his internal organs. What a disgusting opponent.”

Chang’an gawked at that metallic surface.

Lei Yin stood up and said: “Call the other two team members back, tell them not to bother with that man in black anymore, we have to get out of here fast.” With that, he waved at the two cars that already quite far away.

In the car, Rei Li asked: “Master, how did they know our location now?”

Lei Yin answered: “I was just thinking about this problem.” Previously, it can be explained that they have a traitor, but after tonight’s development, this reason was difficult to hold on.

Ten minutes after they entered the highway, Lei Yin saw a lake. He immediately told them to stop, and then after they all went out of the cars, they pushed the cars down the lake.

“From the map, there should be a relatively large town not far away in front of us. When we arrive there, we’ll find a place to rest first and then steal two cars before we leave.” Lei Yin looked at the map and said.

Therefore, the group started to walk forward on foot. Because his leg injury has not completely healed yet, Rei Li leaned on a team member to slowly walk.

As he walked, Lei Yin continued to think about that problem. If this problem cannot be resolved, no matter where they fled, someone will always come at their doorstep.

After thinking for a moment, he suddenly saw something flashed on Chang’an’ hand as the later walked at the front. Immediately it dawned on him.

“Chang’an, little Rei, take off the rings in your hands and give them to me.” Lei Yin said out loud.

Rei Li was stunned for a moment, but he immediately understood. After taking off the ring, he asked: “Master, you mean, they managed to find us by using the signal on this transmitter? But the frequency and the wavelength of the signal are known by us only. Without the data, it’s impossible for them to make the corresponding detector.”

At this time, Chang’an also handed his ring to Lei Yin.

After taking the two rings, Lei Yin immediately picked up a stone and smashed the two signal transmitters.

After throwing them away, Lei Yin clapped his hands and said: “We were deceived by them. Actually, two years ago when they captured you, they already knew that the ring is a signal transmitter. As long as the ring is in their hands, obtaining the transmitter value is a very simple problem. But as a failsafe, they pretended not to know you have this thing so that they can make a move on you later in the future. The transmitter sends out its signal in half an hour apart each time, which explains why they can’t immediately discover our whereabout on the highway because we were always on the move so our position changed accordingly. Because they always can’t accurately find us, it means they did find us through the signal transmitter.”

After walking for two hours, the eight people finally saw the numerous sparkling lights in front of them. It seemed like they finally found the marked town on the map.

They looked for an old house in the suburb to rest for a day. The next day at 9:00 PM, Lei Yin and Chang’an went to town to buy foods.

Coming back, each of them drove a stolen car back to the house.

In this way – hiding by day and coming out by night – they kept going forward to Boston.

Perhaps because the rings were destroyed, along the way, they never encountered those men in black.