Chapter 892 - Hand’s Full (1/2)

”Captain, the Mutants are chasing us now. Be warned, they are fast!” cried 0541 after detecting Lincoln's group.

”Tch! How persistent!” Jiang Fei grunted. He turned to the Android leader and asked, ”How long till the rescue ship arrives?”

”Estimated time of arrival is 2 hours 10 minutes!”

”That's too long…” Jiang Fei muttered.

He needed to think of a way to delay the Mutants long enough until the rescue ships arrived.

Right now, no one beside him was in shape to fight the enemy. They could if they were the same Mutants as before. The likelihood of them emerging victorious if they fought against the same type of enemies was extremely high. Unfortunately, those that remained in Japan were the most elite ones. Melee combatants were harder to deal with and there were even 30 Level 4 of the Pinnacle stage. Put them in a cage fight and only the Mutants would survive.

”I need to split them up,” Jiang Fei muttered to himself.

”Brother Jiang Fei, I don't think that is the best idea,” said Bai Wanli, hearing what Jiang Fei had just uttered. It was unlikely that the Mutants would split up again after having defeated. They would have learned from their mistake.

”Even if that is not the best idea, I need to make it happen! We would not survive if they stick together to fight us!” said Jiang Fei, frustrated.

The only thing that is keeping them alive was 0541's isolation field. That, and 0541's proximity sensor that helped Jiang Fei to maneuver around the country to avoid direct confrontation with the Mutants. However, the isolation field keeping the martial artists hidden away from the world had a huge flaw. It would not work of the enemy got too close to them.

After losing track of the martial artists, the Mutants had dispatched many trackers and scouts to find them. Even though the terrain was not cooperating with them, they were still able to increase their efficiency simply by sending out more scouts to find them.

”For now, the best move we should make is to avoid the beach and hide somewhere else,” said Jiang Fei. It would not make sense if they head there now and wait for 2 hours until the rescue ships arrived. They would only be sitting ducks with the Mutants chasing after them.

”That makes sense. Alright, we'll follow you,” Bai Wanli seconded Jiang Fei's idea. He was not the only one. The moment Jiang Fei had gathered with everyone else, the rest of the elders had respected and looked up to Jiang Fei. They believed that even though he was young, he was wise enough to lead them to victory.

Once everyone agreed to follow Jiang Fei's idea, the entire group went away from the obvious route and make their way across the country and left the beach. There was still enough time for him to hide since it would be 2 hours before anything could go wrong.

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”Pick up the speed! We cannot let the Chinese get away!” cried Lincoln. Lincoln did not know that the Chinese martial artists had a rescue ship coming for then, lest about the time of arrival. All they knew was that they needed to chase them as fast as possible to stop them from reaching the beach. They still believed that the Chinese were receiving reinforcements!

”Sir, should we head on first?” Baron Blood suggested. He and his men were so much faster than the rest of the other Mutants.

”No. No more splitting up! You had just seen what happened to the other group!” Lincoln snarled. He had underestimated the Chinese and after what had happened to Shroder's group, he was not fond of the idea.

”But, if we continue on like this, we might actually lose them!” said Baron Blood.

”...” Lincoln went silent for a while. Although he did not want to split up, he did not want the Chinese to link up with their reinforcements as well. In which case, the latter takes priority.