Chapter 697: 697

Chapter 697: Did You Know?

Zhang Heng stumbled across the road after escaping from the glass factory . A large truck almost hit him . Luckily, the driver managed to stop in time . He poked his head out and started cursing, but when he saw the submachine gun, his attitude changed as quickly as he started mocking .

Bystanders gawked in terror at Zhang Heng’s submachine gun and the fact that he was covered in blood . Right now, he looked more like a monster than those things in the glass factory . Some had even taken out their phones and called the police in secret .

Zhang Heng couldn’t be bothered anymore . Not long after he escaped from the glass factory, he heard the sound of something hitting the wall from behind . That should be the aliens that were going after him . He assumed that they must have jumped down with him but failed to control their strength as they leaped over the wall .

The sound they made, however, gave Zhang Heng another boost of adrenaline . Although he was physically exhausted, it was not time to rest . He looked around, and it took him half a second to remember where he parked the van .

While he ran there, the aliens had already rushed out of the glass factory . He instantly ignited the van’s engine, switched to reverse, and rammed the two aliens who had caught up to him . Amid the frantic screams of bystanders, he slammed his foot on the gas and fled the scene .

With his driving skills, it would be difficult for the aliens to catch up with him, at least for now . When Zhang Heng saw in the rearview mirror that he was getting further away, he took out his mobile phone to call Bai Qing .

…

Bai Qing answered the call almost instantaneously . She sounded a little nervous . “What happened? Why do they look angry now?”

“I might have just wiped them out,” said Zhang Heng without mincing words, from the other end of the phone .

“…”

Bai Qing was silent for a moment as if attempting to process what she just heard . “How long will it take you to come to me?” she asked after a pause .

“Forty-five minutes . ” Zhang Heng glanced at the map .

“I don’t think they’ll be waiting that long . I saw them packing up, and it appears they are planning to evacuate from the stronghold . I have no idea what they’d do to their prisoners before they leave too . What do I do? I have a bad feeling . ”

“I will hurry up . Just stay where you are and wait for me,” Zhang Heng said .

This time, Bai Qing did not answer immediately . There was only silence .

Zhang Heng could hear Bai Qing’s breathing becoming more rapid . She answered after a while . “You said that their bodies are very fragile, and you accidentally broke one of their legs while putting them in the bottle . ”

“Yes . I know what you are thinking now . Please don’t do it . It’s too dangerous . The jar I gave you is only to be used in the direst of situations . You are not supposed to do something risky with it . ”

“But you can’t get here right away . Only I can delay them from evacuating,” Bai Qing said . “When you were in the car, you threatened one of them using his kind trapped in the jar, and it worked . ”

“Yes, yes, but at that time, I hadn’t destroyed their nest yet . They are not the same now . I’ve never seen them so furious before . In the state that they are in, we have no way of predicting their behavior . They might do something that surprises us . ”

“But my mother inside the facility . I can’t just sit here like this!”

“I promise you I am coming as quickly as I can…”

“Did you know?” she suddenly interrupted him .

“Hmm?”

“When I asked the alien that question, for a moment, I was actually pleased by its answer . I think that might have been the only time I could listen to you say that . ”

Upon saying that, Bai Qing abruptly hung up .

When Zhang Heng attempted to call her again, her phone had already been turned off .

No longer bound by traffic rules, he had no choice but to drive as fast as he could . After all, he had already run in the streets with a submachine gun and reversed his van into two “people . ”

Time was quickly running out . The police should be locating him soon, and he had to help Bai Qing save her mother before getting arrested .

However, his biggest problem now was not the police or the aliens . Zhang Heng still could not explain what happened earlier on warehouse No . 3’s rooftop . He had no idea why he did what he did at that time and why those aliens collapsed one after another .

What was worse was that the fatigue did not seem to go away with time . He noticed how this had severely affected him physically and mentally . To be more precise, it came from the deepest part of his soul .

All he wanted was to look for a place to close his eyes and have a good night’s sleep . Unfortunately, the current circumstance had forced him to stay awake . In an attempt to suppress his increasing drowsiness, Zhang Heng emptied a handful of chewing gum into his mouth .

Forty minutes later, he arrived at where Bai Qing was, a half-completed construction site in the new district . It was just as Bai Qing had described—even the guards were gone .

Zhang Heng opened the door, and almost lost his balance when he got out of the van .

He leaned on the door and shook his head, trying to fight the fatigue . Grabbing the Pestilence Bone Bow and Paris Arrow from the passenger seat, he walked into the construction site . In this state, his archery skills would be affected to a certain extent . It was the best time for the Paris Arrow to showcase its ability .

His greatest fear was that the aliens had killed Bai Qing and the prisoners before they left . If that were the case, he would be one step too late . It would be almost impossible to go through another round of hot-pursuit with aliens with his physical and mental condition . Although he did change cars halfway, the police should still be able to locate him soon .

Zhang Heng drew his bow, carefully circumventing the small dirt hill in the center of the construction site, and walked towards the concrete building in front of him . Only 66% completed, its top was not sealed off, and the scaffolds hadn’t been removed as well . When Zhang Heng walked to the elevator, a warning sign suddenly rose in his heart .

He saw a shadow getting bigger and bigger beside his feet . Before he had time to think, he immediately rolled sideways and avoided the ash cart barrelling down from the sky . The cart fell from the 11th floor and landed where he stood earlier . If he had not dodged it in time, Zhang Heng would have been squashed into a pile of minced meat .

Before he had time to stand up, two shadowy figures sprang out from the back of the building and attempted to stab him with the iron pipes in their hand .

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