The Highest Bounty

Chapter 84: Roadblock

Neptune projected a holographic map in front of the two. The map was obtained by hacking into the intelligent devices of the twenty force fluctuations from the powerhouses in front of them. All of which had different strengths and he was able to use that information to carve out a route.

Almost all of the people in front of them were stopped by powerhouses from the Army at random checkpoints. On the other hand, a small number of wave fluctuations were able to proceed safely, still moving forward. That meant that the routes they had taken were safe.

There were three safe routes and the routes where it was blocked by Army powerhouses were marked according to where the signal from the intelligent devices dropped.

Neptune retracted the holographic map and transmitted the road map into Gu Ding’s brain.

“Lili, follow me.” Gu Ding said. He also said to Neptune, “Make sure you keep an eye on her. If she can’t keep up with me, tell me and I’ll slow down.”

“Don’t worry, I’ll watch over Lili. You just focus on following the right route.” Neptune answered.

“Are you ready?” Gu Ding asked Liliath.

“Yes,” Liliath nodded vigorously.

Gu Ding darted out of the alley and Liliath followed closely behind.

Gu Ding only used the Ultimate Arts Level 1 Silent Step. However, his steps were quiet and inconspicuous enough to ordinary people. Furthermore, he maintained his speed at a level that a Level 2 Gene Body could keep up with.

Liliath’s Pupillary Abilities allowed her to lock in Gu Ding’s position so that her pace was also peculiar, allowing her to follow Gu Ding closely behind, about ten meters away.

After journeying for a bit, Gu Ding turned back to check on Liliath. When he saw that she was still steadily following from behind, he felt slightly relieved.

“There are strong energy fluctuations up ahead. According to the points you’ve marked, it’s probably the place where one wave of force is being blocked.” Gu Ding said to Neptune.

“It seems that the people being blocked are also extremely strong. They’ve been fighting for more than half an hour.” Neptune also noticed that that group had only arrived at starport when it was almost dark. They probably started more than half an hour before Gu Ding did. However, they were not so lucky because they encountered a major general from the Army right after that.

“It’s very close to our route... Remind Lili to slow down and quieten her breathing.” Gu Ding said as he slowed down to assess the situation.

Although Gu Ding knew that those people would not be able to pull out of their battle to stop Liliath and himself, they might alert others to block them. Therefore, it was safer to be cautious lest they were discovered by those people.

At Neptune’s prompt, Liliath also slowed down and quietened her breathing. Although she was not quite sure what was going on, Gu Ding would certainly have his reasons for doing so.

The two passed the first battlefield at a slow pace. As it was a desert, the wind and sand were able to hide Gu Ding and Liliath to some degree.

Most people who broke into the place did not have a clear route to follow. Instead, they only had a general direction. However, with the road map provided by Neptune, Gu Ding and Liliath were able to evade all Army personnel. That allowed both of them to journey forward through a practically risk-free route.

Soon, Gu Ding avoided their second and third battlefield. He also lamented the high number of powerhouses that had fallen. It seemed that there were many people who could fight against the Army’s major generals.

“Wait,” Neptune suddenly yelled right when Gu Ding and Liliath had just passed the third battlefield.

Gu Ding and Liliath immediately froze in their tracks and held their breath.

“What’s wrong?” Liliath asked with a soft voice. Her Pupillary Abilities did not detect abnormalities.

Neptune quickly said, “There is a wave of people behind you who are catching up, but fortunately they’re not part of the Army. I just tried to disrupt their intelligent devices, but their tracking route was not affected in any way...”

“If they’re not from the Army, they shouldn’t be much of a threat to us, right? If they want to follow us, we’ll just let them. Let’s just pick up the pace.” Gu Ding knew that apart from Liliath and himself, anyone else who was brave enough to take the initiative to be involved in that whole thing had decent fighting strength. Although the people following them were not from the Army, it was safer that they do not meet one another.

Gu Ding and Liliath sped up and continued along their route.

Not far away from them, a middle-aged man that was behind Gu Ding and Liliath raised his eyebrows, “We seem to have been discovered by two kids.”

“Boss, can I just run up there and kill them?” A young man behind the middle-aged man took out heavy firearms from his Inventory and began to fill it up with bullets.

“You don’t always have to be so violent; you know? Don’t scare the kids.” The middle-aged man reached out and rubbed the stubble on his chin. “Let’s just continue following them. These two little guys have successfully avoided the third battlefield and saved us a lot of time.”

“Follow my lead! Just go straight and kill anyone who dares to stop us during the journey!” Another middle-aged man who looked like a slightly younger version of the first middle-aged man shouted.

“My dear brother, although the people manning the roadblocks are major generals, they’re all Level 8 Gene Bodies. If we take half an hour to beat them, we’ll have wasted precious time. Since we started following these two kids, we’ve used less than half an hour to reach this spot.” The middle-aged man explained.

“Half an hour, an hour, an hour and a half...” The other middle-aged man counted his fingers. After a while, he stormed off. “*sshole, you know I’m bad at math...”

“Remember our young math teacher whose life was taken away? Oh yeah, it’s because you snapped our math teacher’s neck when you were seven. As your older brother, I can’t help but express my dissatisfaction, so I’m just going to ask you one thing – What goes on in that dopey head of yours?” The middle-aged man smiled subtly while covering his mouth.

“That’s my line, Muscle Man!” The other middle-aged man stormed away before he was pulled back by several men.

At that moment, a low voice said, “Boss, we seem to have lost track of the two kids...”

“Hey Muscle Man, how about you hand over the boss position to me before it’s too late. I’ve been telling you for ages, you’re not suited to be a boss. How could you lose two prepubescent kids...”

“Mr. military advisor, can I knock him out and sell him to the Army?” The middle-aged man turned his head to face the person beside him.

“Theoretically, that won’t be possible. That’s because you’re an Interstellar Pirate boss and the people from the Army will definitely round you up together with him. However, there are a number of major generals around here, I’m sure you can convince one of them to do a personal transaction. As far as I know, this kind of transaction is pretty common. You can get money and they can get that arrest added to their record of meritorious services. A classic win-win situation... I heard Major General Lancelot does a lot of these transactions. I think he’s around here this time, I’m sure you can ask him about it.”

“Hey, Hey! You know I can hear everything you guys are saying right, *sshole... When I see that Lancelot guy, I’ll rip his head off before you guys even get the chance to make the transaction! Hahahaha... I’m so smart...”

Gu Ding and Liliath who were not too far from the group of men started to pick up the pace.

“The people behind you seem to have lost you,” Neptune told them the good news. Right after that, he immediately yelled, “Stop!”

Gu Ding and Liliath immediately stopped in their steps and held their breath once again.

“The fourth battle had just ended and the two of you accidentally stepped into the battlefield. If anyone is still battling, just conceal your breathing and sneak away. But now...” Neptune had horrible news. “You guys have been noticed!”

A handsome young man in a white overcoat appeared in front of Gu Ding and Liliath. His overcoat fluttered in the wind and Gu Ding caught a clear glimpse of the word printed on the back—Army.

“The major general from the Army!” Gu Ding’s pupils instantly shrank.