Bullet chat:

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【emmm…】

【I think what we said just now was actually a bit over the line…】

【Sorry — this time I’m standing with cabbage】

【Standing with cabbage +1】

【Standing with cabbage +2】

【Little cabbage’s thinking is solid. I’m impressed~ and I’m cutting in line to say so】

【I’m a fan now! From this moment on, I’m a cabbage fan! Little cabbage girl, you’ve got this!】

【I already said — it’s not easy to have one woman player in the game. Appreciate her while you can. Why do people have to be so foul-mouthed~】

【Aren’t some of the cabbage fans jumping a bit too high? The car hasn’t even started yet — there’s no key. You think driving is that easy?】

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Bai Youwei crouched low and squeezed into the front driver’s seat.

The light was too dim for anyone to see what she was doing clearly — only a brief electrical spark flared in the driver’s seat, and then the van’s engine turned over!

【What?!】

【What the heck!!】

【How did the engine start?! How did she do it? I couldn’t even see!】

【I couldn’t see either! Just saw something flash!】

【This cabbage is something else!】

【How did she even manage that???】

【You tip, I tip, little cabbage’s popularity shoots up~】

【You tip, I tip, cabbage sleeps sweetly tonight~】

【World Announcement: User W35670783 has tipped “Bai Youwei” one Castle valued at 5,000,000 points…】

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Bai Youwei had her little rabbit supply a high-voltage current to the spark plug, causing it to generate a powerful enough spark to ignite the combustible mixture inside the engine.

The engine let out a dull rumble. Outside was the piercing alarm noise and the screeching of creatures.

Inside the car, everyone was utterly silent.

She got the engine running, then turned around hugging her fluffy stuffed rabbit, and asked: “Who here can drive?”

Goosebumps rose along Ada’s arms.

Excitement.

He rubbed his hands together, eager to try: “Me?”

“Let me drive.” Yuri placed his weapon into Natasha’s arms. Bending low to squeeze forward, he said in a low, steady voice: “Ada, move to the front. Natasha, cover the left. Shen Mo, cover the right. We aim to break through in one go.”

Bai Youwei made herself useful and moved to the very back of the van. The moment she got there, Shen Mo pulled her to his side. His voice was pitched extremely low, carrying a note of sternness: “No more running off on your own.”

Bai Youwei had been scolded, but was in the best possible mood. She gave a sweet smile, offered no defense, and simply crouched beside Shen Mo, running her hands idly over things.

Shen Mo: “…”

That inexplicable sense of familiarity came over him again.

“Brace yourselves!” Yuri suddenly barked low, and slammed the van into reverse! Then wrenched the steering wheel hard, swinging the car out of the parking space in a sharp turn!

Bai Youwei’s head knocked against the seat — and then Shen Mo grabbed her, locking her firmly against his chest.

Boom!!

The right side of the van was hit with tremendous force — nearly rolled! Several creatures were throwing themselves at the van!

Natasha and Ada immediately mounted their weapons on the windows and opened fire! Amid the gun blasts laced with gunpowder smell, Bai Youwei saw shadow after shadow pursuing them through the darkness!

One creature lunged through the window — it had barely pushed half its head through when Shen Mo drove a bullet through its throat! The corpse wedged itself in the window frame. As the van lurched back and forth, Shen Mo pumped a few more shots into it — the skull split completely apart, viscous foul liquid dripping all the way —

Everyone’s nerves were stretched to their limit, doing everything they could to hold back the surging creatures!

By now the car had reached the first basement level!

The light of the surface was right ahead. The creatures massing behind them were growing denser by the second! Yuri roared: “Throw the grenades!!!”

His voice had barely fallen when a massive black shadow suddenly launched itself at them!

A sentinel!

Body twice the size of a regular creature! Faster, stronger! The moment it landed on the van, the roof caved in. With one furious roar, it tore the right-side door completely off!

The five people inside were suddenly stripped of their protective shell — exposed to the howling rushing wind!