Alex was quickly taken out of the car.
But just then, police sirens suddenly blared, and multiple police cars appeared.
The man quickly turned back, then ducked behind the car and opened fire.
A street shootout ensued, but at that moment, Alex, the drug lord, secretly slipped into the car and quickly floored the accelerator, intending to escape alone.
The man, who was reloading his bullets, was instantly stunned. His cover was gone...
Then...
Bang, bang, bang!
The police on the other side immediately opened fire, riddling the man with bullets.
The next moment, a chase began, with the police quickly getting into their cars and pursuing Alex.
Bai Ye stood on the rooftop, observing it all, then said to Jin Sha, "Exciting, right?"
Jin Sha replied, "Exciting, but I still don't know why we're on the roof."
Bai Ye asked, "The mission is to rescue Alex. What constitutes a rescue?"
Jin Sha explained, "This city isn't real, so there are boundary lines. As long as Alex is successfully brought outside the boundary line, it means he's left the city, and the mission is complete."
"Exactly," Bai Ye said. "So, the core of this mission isn't rescue."
Jin Sha looked confused. "Hmm?"
Bai Ye elaborated, "The core of the mission should be escort. Meaning, you treat Alex as a piece of cargo, like ancient caravan guards. Whoever gets Alex out of this city is the winner. Before getting him out of the city, who has Alex doesn't matter, but he absolutely cannot be in the hands of the police, because the police's goal is to send Alex to prison, and once he's in prison, it becomes significantly harder to get him out."
Jin Sha suddenly understood. "You mean we help Alex escape from the police, but we don't need to rush to control Alex right now. Even if others make a move first, we'll still have a chance to take him back."
Bai Ye nodded approvingly. "Correct answer."
Jin Sha asked, "So what do we need to do now?"
Bai Ye gestured forward with his chin. "What we need to do, here it comes!"
On the helipad of a building, a police helicopter suddenly appeared and flew forward, intending to track Alex's vehicle from the air.
At that very moment...
Bai Ye raised the Reaper's Strike.
Bai Ye peered through the scope, quietly making adjustments, then aimed at the gap in the helicopter's rotor.
Then...
He pulled the trigger!
Bang!
Following the gunshot, a spark erupted from the base of the rotor, but it wasn't a direct hit. It struck the top of the helicopter.
Even so, the pilot inside was startled, and Bai Ye's second shot was already fired!
Clang!
This time, Bai Ye accurately hit the rotor's connection point, and another golden spark bloomed.
The rotor momentarily stalled, the helicopter wobbled in the air, and then began to fall.
Although the rotor resumed normal rotation tens of meters above the ground, it was too late to gain altitude.
The helicopter crashed headlong into a shopping mall on the side, and then...
Boom!
The outer wall of the mall collapsed. Pedestrians on the street screamed and scattered in all directions.
"Done!" Bai Ye picked up his sniper rifle and said to Jin Sha, "We'll meet at the original rendezvous point in half an hour. Your mission is simple: go to that helicopter and salvage the radio and walkie-talkie. Of course, if they're damaged, that's fine."
"Okay!" Jin Sha replied. "What about you?"
"The transport vehicle was hijacked, and I shot down a helicopter," Bai Ye chuckled. "Do you think the police will ignore that? I'll attract their attention so you can get the equipment."
Jin Sha nodded and left the rooftop quickly without further comment.
Bai Ye stood on the rooftop for a while, then threw out the gashapon machine, consuming a fragment of God's Stone.
"A golden gashapon!"
God's Stone fragments needed to be used sparingly. So, even during forbidden zone missions, Bai Ye would avoid using them if possible. Taking down missions without spending God's Stone fragments was the perfect outcome, resorting to the trump card only when absolutely necessary.
However, this time was different. The reward was too great.
Even if he split it with Jin Sha, fifty million could be exchanged for fifteen God's Stone fragments. Therefore, Bai Ye was determined to succeed in this mission and didn't need to save a gashapon for a critical moment.
But when he opened the golden gashapon, Bai Ye almost spat out a mouthful of blood.
GN-001 Exia Sun爐 Energy (Accessory) (Gold): Original GN series unit's drive unit (Sun爐). With this drive unit (Sun爐) installed, the GN-001 Exia unit can operate normally.
At a critical moment, the golden gashapon had failed!
Although the golden gashapon was one of Bai Ye's trump cards, it wasn't always reliable.
For example, now, Bai Ye had been fooled.
The so-called GN-001 Exia unit was actually...
A mecha!
Mechas were a man's dream and a man's romance.
Furthermore, mechas represented the pinnacle of future weaponry!
A mecha, besides the main body, required six to twelve accessories, and all of them, from the main body to the accessories, were gold-quality items.
And herein lay the problem!
Bai Ye had received one of the accessories for the GN-001 Exia unit!
Bai Ye looked at the object, about three meters tall, shaped like a metal turbine, with a speechless and sorrowful expression.
What use is a mecha drive unit accessory to me?
Why didn't you give me the whole mecha!
Bai Ye sighed, put away the GN-001 Exia Sun爐 Energy, and his God's Stone fragment had been wasted.
However, his disappointment was short-lived.
In his previous life, the gashapon machine had accompanied Bai Ye, so Bai Ye naturally knew that using God's Stone fragments to draw golden gashapons was like gambling.
Just because he had drawn the Xuanyuan Sword from a golden gashapon once didn't mean he could do it again.
Bai Ye didn't know exactly how many items were in the gashapon machine. After all, in his previous life, even after countless uses, Bai Ye had never drawn everything from the gashapon machine. There were frequent duplicates, or new items would appear, but the overall probability of drawing useless items was around one-third.
Therefore, Bai Ye was psychologically prepared for this.
Besides, being disappointed was useless; he had to keep drawing.
However, Bai Ye could no longer use God's Stone fragments to specify the color of the gashapon.
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