"Bai Ye!" Jin Sha poked her head out and said, "Get in the car!"
Bai Ye nodded and quickly opened the passenger door, getting inside.
"Sorry!" After Bai Ye got in, Jin Sha apologized, "I lost Alex."
"It's okay, I didn't expect it to be so easy anyway," Bai Ye said. "Did your Scyther get lost too?"
Jin Sha replied, "I roughly know the area. I've asked Scyther to search from the air, but haven't found them yet. They abandoned the car and entered a building, so there's nothing I can do."
Aerial surveillance wasn't infallible, and entering a building was a good way to evade it. Scyther didn't have X-ray vision.
Bai Ye said, "Once they enter a building, they can't leave the city quickly. Plus, the city is full of surveillance cameras. Moving on foot will be troublesome, and the police will notice them. Bringing Alex along will be very conspicuous. That guy has appeared in the media, so everyone in the city knows what Alex looks like now. Therefore, the outcome isn't that bad."
Jin Sha nodded. "So, what do we do now?"
Bai Ye said, "I need to think. I don't have any ideas at the moment."
Jin Sha looked puzzled. She always felt that Bai Ye had a kind of precognitive ability. He shot down the helicopter, got the police radio, obtained clues from the police, didn't follow the Rice family members, but directly found the Rice family's underground bar. Bai Ye always seemed to be one step ahead.
But now Bai Ye said he had no ideas?
Did this mean his precognitive ability was gone?
Or did it have limitations?
Bai Ye was actually quite troubled. After the chosen one had an accident in the underground bar, things had started to deviate from his memories of his past life. Therefore, he couldn't rely on memory anymore and had to think.
Bai Ye thought for a moment and said, "We need to get a map first."
"I have one!" Jin Sha pulled open the car's glove compartment. "There happens to be one in this car, I left it here."
Bai Ye took out the map and quickly scanned it, soon circling a few areas.
"There are three routes to leave the city," Bai Ye said. "After crossing Hongmen Bridge, you can leave about a thousand meters straight ahead. The second route is to leave via the underground highway on the east side, then travel about three thousand meters. After passing through the tunnel, you'll reach the city's edge boundary. The last route is to take the overpass and then the ring road, about fifteen hundred meters, and you'll see the regional boundary."
Bai Ye asked, "Which area did the people who took Alex go into?"
"Pompeii Street," Jin Sha replied. "It's near Hongmen Bridge, close to the Luowei Wharf. Based on the area, it's most likely they want to leave via Hongmen Bridge."
"That's understandable," Bai Ye said. "Hongmen Bridge is the fastest route out of the city. Although it's the least concealed and most likely to be discovered, I think most people are willing to take the chance. Even if they are discovered, they can try to force their way through. The other two routes are more complicated, and once discovered, it's difficult to force their way out."
Jin Sha asked, "Could they choose to hide first and then look for an opportunity to break out? After all, it's too easy to be targeted now."
Bai Ye thought for a moment. "Probably not."
Jin Sha asked, "Why? There's no time limit in this restricted zone. I think prolonging the time is also a strategy. For example, now, people who are interested probably know what area they are in. But if time drags on, it will be harder for people to pinpoint their location, the search area will expand, and their chances will increase."
Bai Ye sighed. "Because of the police!"
The core of this competition was the chosen ones.
But don't think it was that simple. The existence of other forces was not meaningless.
Those gangs, villains, and drug lords' subordinates were all disruptors, increasing the difficulty for the chosen ones. And the police?
Those in uniform were the most difficult to deal with.
Surveillance, informants, and a large number of personnel. As time passed, the police patrol network would continuously expand. Bai Ye had only shot down one helicopter; many more patrol helicopters would join the operation later.
Admittedly, it was difficult for the police to capture the chosen ones, but the police's movements were equivalent to providing guidance to other chosen ones. Therefore, as the police deployment gradually took shape, things would become increasingly difficult.
In his past life, Bai Ye had suffered from this. Although he had participated in the city-wide chaotic restricted zone, he hadn't succeeded in the end. At the last moment, because his whereabouts were exposed, others had succeeded, and the hundred million he was about to get had flown away.
Therefore, Bai Ye knew how oppressive the police were. Those people, despite having captured Alex, wouldn't end things so easily. They would soon feel the pressure of being unable to move freely.
However...
Bai Ye pondered. In his past life, he was just a small fry, so he followed the orders of the leader at the time and chose to force his way out. In the end, when the city-wide chaos ended, the time was around 19 hours.
But what if the people who took Alex this time had the same idea as Jin Sha, to stall for time and wait for an opportunity?
Bai Ye's eyes lit up. That would be his chance!
After 24 hours, he could draw from the gashapon machine again. If he spent another shard of the God Stone to draw a golden one, he couldn't be so unlucky and get something useless, could he?
As long as it was something that could be used directly in combat, Bai Ye believed that unless he chose the wrong route and missed them, he would definitely be able to intercept Alex and forcibly escort him out.
At this moment...
Jin Sha suddenly said, "They've appeared!"
Bai Ye snapped back to attention. "Huh?"
Jin Sha said, "Scyther found them."
Bai Ye was surprised. "You can communicate with your summoned beasts remotely?"
Jin Sha smiled. "It's very simple. Summoned beasts can carry special items. So, if Scyther voluntarily removed its item, it means it found the target. If it still had the item, it meant it hadn't."
Bai Ye realized. "After removing the item, does it return directly to the holder?"
Jin Sha smiled. "Correct."
Bai Ye couldn't help but stroke his chin. He hadn't expected such a clever trick. He hadn't known about this in his past life; this was the first time he had heard of it.
With Scyther making a move, Bai Ye and Jin Sha naturally had a target and headed in the direction of Hongmen Bridge.
At the same time...
Suddenly, police sirens blared. Immediately after, the vehicles ahead voluntarily stopped. More than a dozen police cars sped past. Judging by their direction, they should also be heading towards Hongmen Bridge.
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