The convoy slowly stopped, and Su Han and Zhu Xiong were the first to get out of the vehicle, making their way to Guo Gang's truck.
Without communication tools, this was the only way for them to inquire about the situation.
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"I noticed some movement behind us, a flash of light,"
Guo Gang's expression was solemn as he lowered his voice, "I feel like we're being tailed."
In the fog, no one could be seen. His was the last vehicle, and the light from the Lamp Tree Crystals was also the dimmest. But a sharp instinct and a fleeting glimmer of yellow light made him alert.
"A monster?"
Su Han's gaze sharpened before he asked.
Guo Gang hesitated before responding, "It felt more like vehicle headlights."
Upon hearing this, Su Han's expression turned colder as he said, "Don't move the convoy, I'll go take a look."
With a thought, the Book of Blood Spirit lit up, and the colossal Human-faced Tree appeared next to the convoy.
The Human-faced Tree didn't move fast, so it couldn't scout the way like a Demon Spider warrior during the journey. Su Han retracted it back into the pages of the Book of Blood Spirit.
But now there might be something behind the convoy, so it was the perfect time to put it to use.
Fast-growing Vines!
The vines spread quickly, extending from both sides of the street and the ground towards the mist behind. Under the skill's control, the length of the vines could reach nearly two hundred meters.
Below the mist, even if someone was tailing them, they couldn't be further than that distance—after all, it would be too far to notice any movements.
"Be careful, they've stopped ahead, hurry up and hide."
Two hundred meters away at a street corner, two men lurked stealthily behind a turn, with a motorcycle that had been turned off sitting beside them.
One was short and thin, with scruffy whiskers, while the other was slightly taller, sporting a round potbelly, and had a pair of shifty, triangle-shaped eyes.
"They haven't noticed us, have they? Zhao Jun went back to call the boss but hasn't shown up yet. We're no match for them."
The short, thin man complained, but he didn't dare vent his frustration directly at the stocky man, only saying, "There are four vehicles in their group. What are we doing messing with them? If we're discovered, we're done for."
The vines had already extended from the ground, binding his ankles.
In just a brief encounter, whether it was the Angel Envoys or Han Ben and Bai Dongxin, they were all bound up by the vines like zongzi, and then dragged toward the direction where Su Han's convoy was.
"Got them."
Su Han, realizing that the Human-faced Tree had succeeded, turned to Old Zhu and said, "Have everyone stay vigilant around."
"Okay."
Old Zhu nodded, then called for the Contractors to get out of the vehicles, commanding their Angel Envoys to seal off the streets around the convoy, guarding against any monster attacks.
Although this block was much emptier due to the sweep they conducted while escaping earlier and the noise made previously by Cheng Zhenyong and his team that attracted many monsters away, it did not mean that there were no monsters lurking around. It's always better to be careful.
Su Han might not easily fall to an attack, but Zhu Xiong and the others might not fare so well.
As the vines tightened, Han Ben and Bai Dongxin were soon dragged over in the fog, along with the two struggling Angel Envoys.
Guo Gang's face turned cold: "There really was someone with them."
"Big brother, misunderstanding, it's a misunderstanding, we are survivors, not monsters."
Seeing that humans were controlling the vines and not monsters, Han Ben was startled, but his instinct to survive made his mind race as he quickly pleaded for mercy.
"Heh heh heh, brother, that's not quite right, now is it? Decent folks don't follow and tail others, right?"
Before Su Han could speak, Zhang Dahai's face twitched, wearing a faux smile.
Having mingled in the construction business in South City, he had seen all sorts of people.
There was a shifty look in Han Ben's eyes, tinged with maliciousness, he was no easy mark.
"No, no, it's really a misunderstanding."
Han Ben quickly defended himself, and Bai Dongxin, his eyes turning red with urgency, hastily said, "We... We just heard some noises and came to look, we meant no harm."
Su Han's expression remained indifferent as he said, "Old Zhu, Zhang Dahai, one of you take them to the front, the other to the back. You have ten minutes to find out their origins and purposes."
His gaze fell on Han Ben and Bai Dongxin, and he smiled slightly, "Confess and you'll be dealt with leniently. Fail to speak up or give the wrong answers, and you'll feed my Angel Envoys."
In an instant, Han Ben and Bai Dongxin involuntarily glanced at the gruesome Human-faced Tree and its twisted human faces, trembling.