Chapter 495: Magic Attack

"Leave it to you? What do you want to do?"Yao Qing paused, not understanding Chen Ling's meaning, and immediately asked.

"We can't let them keep following us, otherwise, our hiding spot will be exposed... Deal with all of them within fifteen kilometers."Chen Ling slowly closed his eyes.

The next moment, the navigation on Yao Qing's phone automatically cut off. Countless paths began to flash wildly on the map, as if an invisible hand was controlling the entire navigation system, continuously planning routes.

"What's wrong with the navigation?" Yao Qing asked in astonishment, seeing the wildly flashing routes.

"Successfully planned your route. Turn left ahead and enter Loujiang Expressway..." An emotionless navigation voice sounded from the phone. The subsequent route was completely locked, and Yao Qing pressed 'exit' several times, but to no avail.

"Just follow the navigation," Chen Ling said calmly. "There aren't many vehicles on that expressway. We'll deal with them there."

"You... How did you do that? Are you a hacker?"Yao Qing's eyes widened, his face filled with disbelief.

Chen Ling didn't bother to explain to him. His gaze remained fixed on the cars behind them, lost in thought.

Su Zhiwei witnessed all of this, and Chen Ling's image in her mind became increasingly mysterious. He had replaced the guide when entering the Shennongjia mountains, guided them to the Red Star Fragment, saved them from fierce monsters, and then mysteriously disappeared. The power he displayed completely exceeded Su Zhiwei's understanding; everything about him seemed to be a mystery.

The good news was that he likely harbored no ill will towards her.

As Yao Qing continued to accelerate and sharply turned the steering wheel to enter the service road, the outline of a toll booth gradually approached.

Just as Chen Ling had said, there weren't many cars on this expressway. Even at the toll booth, only three or four cars were manually collecting tickets, and the ETC (Electronic Toll Collection) lanes were completely clear.

Yao Qing was about to drive towards one of the manual toll collection windows when Chen Ling's voice suddenly rang out:

"Take the ETC lane."

"But I don't have a toll card, do I?"

"Now you do."

Although Yao Qing was full of doubts, at Su Zhiwei's silent signal, he still gritted his teeth and drove towards the automated toll lane. Strangely, before the car even got close, the barrier of one of the lanes automatically lifted, as if it were specifically waiting for them.

As expected, the vehicle swept through the toll booth with a whoosh, without the slightest deceleration.

Dear user, your vehicle passed through the Loujiang Expressway entrance toll station on August 13, 2024, and paid a toll of 0 yuan using ETC. Current balance: 0 yuan.

"It actually went through?" Seeing this message, Yao Qing's mouth fell open.

Moments later, several cars also rapidly approached the toll booth.

"They suddenly sped up... they must have spotted us.""That shouldn't be right. We kept four or five cars between us on the main road, and we didn't follow for long after turning onto the service road... we shouldn't have been exposed.""Is Su Zhiwei's anti-tracking ability that strong?""It must be the man in the brown trench coat Nie Yu mentioned... he said that guy was unusual.""Hmph, so what if they spotted us? Can a mere kid driving really shake us off? If they stop, we'll make our move directly, take down Su Zhiwei. That guy's head is worth a lot of money.""Heh heh, aren't you a famous professional assassin? Do you still need money?""Who ever has too much money?""We're approaching the toll booth, how should we proceed?""ETC, of course. I have a pass card; it's already linked to my bank account.""Alright."

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh—The cars swept through the ETC lanes with a whoosh. A second later, several messages simultaneously popped up on their phones:

Dear user, your vehicle passed through the Loujiang Expressway entrance toll station on August 13, 2024, and paid a toll of 9,999,999 yuan using ETC. Current balance: yuan.

Assassin: ?????????

"How much?!" At that moment, the assassins' hearts nearly stopped. They stared in disbelief at the deducted amount, as if in a dream.

They were professional assassins drawn by commission to kill. Before they even got to their target, they were charged ten million yuan just for passing a highway entrance, which immediately bankrupted several of the assassins who had linked their bank accounts to ETC.

They drove past the toll booth, their faces blank with confusion, but had no time to check their bank balances, because the target vehicle was rapidly speeding away into the distance...

In the back seat of the car, Chen Ling's lips curled up in an involuntary smile.

"Why are you suddenly smiling so... strangely?" Yang Xiao couldn't help but ask when he saw this.

"It's nothing," Chen Ling shrugged. "Just taught those cars behind us a little lesson. Before the real fight begins, I gave them a little magic attack. Consider it a small handling fee..."

Yang Xiao didn't understand, but he could roughly guess that the guys in the cars behind them were likely experiencing another stroke of bad luck.

After entering the expressway, without the restrictions of intersections and heavy traffic, the car's speed increased rapidly. Yao Qing's muscles were all tensed, his hands gripping the steering wheel, his gaze fixed intently on the road ahead.

Having only recently obtained his driver's license, it was his first time driving at such a high speed. Occasionally, when he saw other cars on the road, he would whiz past them, overtaking in a flash, sending his adrenaline soaring.

"No need to be so nervous," Chen Ling said lightly.

"There aren't many cars on this road; just pay attention to avoiding them... I guarantee you won't get a single speeding ticket today."

"Who, who's nervous?! I always drive this fast!" Yao Qing glanced at Su Zhiwei from the corner of his eye and answered stubbornly. "Sister Zhiwei, are you bored? I'll put on some music for you..."

As he spoke, he shakily reached out, opened the car's music list, chose the most rock and heavy metal song, and turned the volume up to maximum!

Amidst the rhythmic drumbeats and roaring English lyrics, Yao Qing's expression finally eased slightly, his eyes gradually lit up, and his foot pressed harder and harder on the accelerator, his breathing becoming heavier!

"They're following very closely," Yang Xiao said, glancing back. "Everyone on the expressway has sped up, so it's hard to widen the gap."

"We don't need to widen the gap."

As Chen Ling spoke, he opened the car door beside him.

The fierce wind from the high-speed driving pressed against the car door. As it was opened a crack, the howling wind swirled into the car, roaring along with the thunderous drumbeats!

"Why are you opening the door? Are you crazy?!" Yao Qing's eyes widened. Before he could finish speaking, he saw Chen Ling's figure sway and flip directly from inside the car onto the roof!

The engine roared like a beast, howling and buzzing in the wind. Chen Ling slowly stood up on the car roof, his brown trench coat flapping wildly in the wind. Seeing this, the assassins in the cars following closely behind were simultaneously dumbfounded.

A boning knife appeared in Chen Ling's palm. His black hair danced wildly in the wind as he looked at the several speeding cars behind him, his lips slowly curling upward...

"Maintain the current speed... I'll deal with them within a minute."

After these past few days of two daily updates, San Jiu's inspiration has clearly recovered quite a bit. After all, "God of Drama" is different from "God of Slaughter"; writing "God of Drama" is too mentally taxing. Three daily updates, plus searching for inspiration and plot ideas, is really a bit much to bear. After a long time, it leads to fatigue, exhaustion, and confusion.

Therefore, to ensure quality, after careful consideration, San Jiu has decided to consistently provide two updates, and hopes for your understanding if there are occasionally three updates!