"Oh my god, it's the fifth-generation Bumblebee!"
Zhang Chulan leaned over Bumblebee, looking it over from left to right, his face full of envy.
"This car must get at least 12 miles per gallon!"
Seeing Zhang Chulan's expression, Yang Tao smiled and said, "It's a new energy vehicle."
"You like it? Why don't you drive?"
Zhang Chulan took the first part of Yang Tao's words as a joke, but when he heard the latter half, an incredulous expression appeared on his face, and he pointed at himself, saying, "Me??"
"There are only the two of us here, so of course it's you."
Handing Bumblebee's keys to Zhang Chulan, Yang Tao opened the passenger door and sat inside, quietly instructing, "Bumblebee, don't expose your identity. I'm just messing with this kid…"
He was already here to gain Exploration Value, and since he was idle, teasing Zhang Chulan could be considered a bit of seasoning in this exploration process.
Looking at Zhang Chulan, who was holding the keys and standing there in a daze, Yang Tao rolled down the window and urged, "Hey, hurry up and get in the car!"
"Oh… oh…"
Zhang Chulan took the car keys and sat into Bumblebee, starting the vehicle and listening to the roar of the camaro engine. That feeling was simply too exhilarating.
After sitting quietly for a few seconds.
Zhang Chulan suddenly looked at Yang Tao very seriously and asked, "Why are you following me? What is your purpose?"
Looking at Zhang Chulan, whose demeanor had suddenly changed, even Yang Tao had to admit that this kid was quite handsome when he was serious.
He smiled and said, "To play!"
"I'm very interested in what will happen around you next."
"Don't worry, as long as you don't try to kill me, I won't do anything to you."
Zhang Chulan saw that Yang Tao didn't seem to be lying, so he asked another question that was on his mind: "Why are you all targeting me?"
"The people from Quanshin are after your grandfather, or rather, the cultivation method your grandfather practiced, the legendary Qi Body Source Flow. And Express Delivery Company is here to maintain the barrier between the Transcendent and ordinary people. Their initial target wasn't you."
"As for me, I just told you my purpose. Let's go."
"Qi Body Source Flow?"
Zhang Chulan pondered slightly, not knowing what he was thinking, but after a moment, he showed that silly and innocent smile again and said, "Big Brother, where are we going?"
"Back to your school. I'm simply following you, so just do whatever you want to do."
With that, Yang Tao leaned back comfortably in the passenger seat.
Seeing Yang Tao's casual demeanor, Zhang Chulan didn't ask any more questions. He immediately stepped on the accelerator, and Bumblebee shot out like an arrow from a bowstring.
…
A night passed.
It wasn't until dawn that the two arrived in the city where Zhang Chulan attended school. After a sleepless night, Zhang Chulan's mental state was still quite good.
On one hand, he himself was a Transcendent with physical qualities superior to ordinary people. On the other hand, too many things had happened last night, so he couldn't sleep even if he wanted to.
"We're here!"
"Let's find a place to eat breakfast first. After that, you can go do whatever you need to do."
"Ah?"
"What? You don't want to leave?"
Zhang Chulan instantly stopped talking, found a breakfast shop, parked the car, opened the door, and walked with Yang Tao to the entrance of the breakfast shop.
Although it was early morning, there were quite a few people in this breakfast shop. Yang Tao ate a fried dough stick, which he hadn't had in a long time, while observing two newcomers.
The health bars above their heads exceeded that of ordinary people.
They had both surpassed the 20-point limit.
It was clear that both of these guys were Transcendent. A Transcendent's health bar was very mysterious; for example, when Zhang Chulan wasn't using the Golden Light Technique, his health was only 24 points.
When he rushed towards him last night, his health was as high as 210 points, which was clearly not his limit.
And Feng Baobao's physical quality alone reached 75 points, while Xu San only had 17 points. They were all super assassins: high attack, high agility, low defense.
After eating and drinking his fill, Yang Tao drove Bumblebee to drop Zhang Chulan off at school, then pondered as he watched the car that had been following them since the breakfast shop.
'Quanshin or Express Delivery Company?'
After thinking it over, Yang Tao felt it should be someone from Express Delivery Company. If he were from Quanshin, he would have acted impulsively and directly abducted the person.
He parked the car on a rural roadside and opened the door, waiting for the car behind to catch up.
Soon, a man who looked to be twenty-seven or twenty-eight got out of the car, smoking a cigarette. He had short, messy white-and-purple hair, as if he had just woken up.
He had dead fish eyes, as if he wasn't interested in anything. Behind him were two men in brown uniforms, with the words "Express Delivery Company" printed on their clothes.
Xu Si.
The current head of Express Delivery Company Express Company's North China branch, Xu San's younger brother.
He was violent, thuggish, often swore, and made crude jokes, appearing more like a hooligan than a leader.
However, despite looking unreliable, this guy was very capable and handled matters with great experience and smoothness.
He casually walked towards Yang Tao.
"Kid, your secret's out. Come with me."
"Xu Si?"
Yang Tao was in a good mood seeing his Exploration Value increase. He smiled and looked at Xu Si, saying, "You don't even have your ID, and you want me to go with you? Be careful, I'll accuse you of kidnapping."
"Kidnapping? Heh heh, you kid don't even have identification. Where are you going to report it?"
With that, Xu Si walked up to Yang Tao, patted his shoulder, and said, "Just come with me obediently. If there's no problem, maybe I can even find you a job and get you an ID card…"
"A job? Delivering packages?"
Xu Si raised an eyebrow slightly and said, "What's wrong with delivering packages? At least it's honest work!"
"You're really laying it on thick, what can I say… Alright, leave me an address. I'll send the car back, and I'll come over myself at noon."
"The main point is your car!"
Xu Si looked at Bumblebee's license plate and said, "You kid are too arrogant. It's one thing to use a fake plate, but you even used Express Delivery Company's license plate!"
The license plate was from a car Yang Tao saw parked by the forest last night. He knew without a doubt it was Xu San's, and he didn't hesitate to have Bumblebee copy the plate.
"The car is innocent. I'll go with you guys."
"Bumblebee, you go back first."
"Bumblebee, you think this is Transfor…"
Just as a sarcastic expression appeared on Xu Si's face, he heard the camaro emit a roar of its engine. Then, the yellow camaro spun its tires and shot out right before his eyes, disappearing at the end of the road in an instant.
"Your car…"
Yang Tao said very casually:
"Oh, I modified it myself for autonomous driving."
Autonomous driving, my ass! What kind of autonomous driving can do a tire-burning launch and drift around corners? Xu Si guessed there was a Transcendent in the car who could become invisible or block others' sight.
Xu Si took a deep drag from his cigarette and said, "Kid, you're in big trouble!"