Alex was swiftly brought out of the car.
But at this very moment, police sirens suddenly blared, and several police cars appeared with great haste.
The man quickly turned back, then ducked behind the car, drawing his gun and opening fire.
A street firefight erupted between the two sides, but just then, Alex, the notorious drug lord, secretly slipped into the car and slammed on the accelerator, intending to escape on his own.
The man, who was reloading his bullets, was instantly stunned; his cover was gone...
Then...
Bang, bang, bang!
The police on the other side immediately opened fire, instantly riddling the man with bullets.
The next moment, a high-speed chase began, with the police quickly getting into their cars and pursuing Alex.
Bai Ye stood on the rooftop, taking it all in, then said to Jin Sha, "Exciting, isn't it?"
Jin Sha replied, "Exciting, but I still don't know why we're up on the roof."
Bai Ye said, "The mission is to rescue Alex, but what constitutes a rescue?"
Jin Sha explained, "This city isn't real, so there are boundary lines. As long as Alex is successfully taken beyond the boundary, he'll have left the city, and the mission will be successful."
"Precisely," Bai Ye confirmed. "So, the core of this mission isn't rescue."
Jin Sha looked confused. "Huh?"
Bai Ye elaborated, "The core of the mission should be escort. In other words, you treat Alex as a piece of cargo, like ancient caravan guards. Whoever gets Alex out of this city is the winner. Before he's out of the city, who has Alex doesn't matter, but he absolutely cannot be in the hands of the police, because the police aim to send Alex to prison, and once he's in prison, it becomes significantly harder to get him out."
Jin Sha suddenly understood. "You mean we help Alex escape from the police, but we don't need to rush to control Alex right now. Even if others make a move first, we'll still have a chance to grab him later."
Bai Ye gave a thumbs-up. "Correct answer."
Jin Sha asked, "So what do we need to do now?"
Bai Ye gestured forward with his chin. "What we need to do is coming right up!"
On the helipad of a large building, a police helicopter suddenly appeared and flew forward, intending to track Alex's vehicle from the air.
And at that moment...
Bai Ye raised his Death Strike.
Bai Ye peered through the scope, silently adjusting, then aimed at the gap between the helicopter's rotor blades.
Then...
He pulled the trigger!
Bang!
Accompanied by the gunshot, a spark erupted at the base of the rotor blades, but it wasn't a direct hit, instead striking the helicopter's roof.
Even so, the pilot inside was startled, and Bai Ye's second shot was already fired!
Clang!
This time, Bai Ye accurately hit the rotor connection, and a golden spark bloomed once more.
The rotor momentarily stalled, and the helicopter swayed in the air, then began to fall.
Although the rotor resumed normal rotation tens of meters above the ground, it was too late to ascend.
The helicopter crashed headfirst into a shopping mall on the side, and then...
Boom!
The exterior wall of the mall collapsed, and pedestrians on the street screamed and scattered in all directions.
"Done!" Bai Ye picked up his sniper rifle and said to Jin Sha, "In half an hour, we'll meet at our original rendezvous point. Your mission is simple: go find that helicopter and remove the radio and walkie-talkie inside. Of course, if they're already damaged, then forget it."
"Okay!" Jin Sha replied. "And you?"
"The escort vehicle was hijacked, and I shot down a helicopter," Bai Ye chuckled. "The police can't just ignore that, can they? I'll draw their attention so you can get the equipment."
Jin Sha nodded, said nothing further, and quickly left the rooftop.
Bai Ye watched for a while from the rooftop, then threw out the gacha machine, consuming a God Stone shard.
"A golden gacha!"
God Stone shards were something to be used sparingly. Thus, even during Forbidden Zone missions, Bai Ye would avoid using them if possible, aiming for a perfect mission completion without spending any God Stone shards, resorting to the trump card only when absolutely necessary.
However, this time was different; the reward was too great.
Even if split with Jin Sha, fifty million could be exchanged for fifteen God Stone shards. Therefore, Bai Ye was determined to win this mission and didn't need to save a gacha for critical moments.
But upon opening the golden gacha, Bai Ye almost spat out a mouthful of blood.
GN-001 Exia Solar Reactor Unit (Accessory) (Gold): The drive unit (solar reactor) of the original GN series mobile suit, GN-001 Exia. Without this drive unit (solar reactor), the GN-001 Exia cannot operate normally.
At a crucial moment, the golden gacha had failed!
While the golden gacha was one of Bai Ye's trump cards, it wasn't always reliable.
For instance, now, Bai Ye had been played.
The so-called GN-001 Exia mobile suit was, in fact...
A mecha!
Mechas were a man's dream and his romance.
Furthermore, mechas represented the pinnacle of future weaponry!
A mecha required six to twelve types of accessories besides the main unit, and both the main unit and all accessories were of gold quality.
And here lay the problem!
Bai Ye had received one of the accessories for the GN-001 Exia!
Bai Ye looked at the object, about three meters high, shaped like a metal turbine, with a face full of speechlessness and sorrow.
What use is a mecha drive unit accessory to me?
You should have given me the mecha too!
Bai Ye sighed and put away the GN-001 Exia Solar Reactor Unit, deeming one of his God Stone shards wasted.
However, his disappointment was fleeting.
In his previous life, the gacha machine had been with Bai Ye, so he naturally knew that using God Stone shards for golden gachas was a gamble.
Just because he had drawn the Xuanyuan Sword from a golden gacha once didn't mean he could do it again.
Bai Ye wasn't sure how many items were in the gacha machine. After all, despite using it countless times in his previous life, Bai Ye had never drawn everything from it. There were often duplicates, or new items would appear, but the overall probability of drawing something useless was around one-third.
Therefore, Bai Ye was psychologically prepared.
Moreover, dwelling on disappointment was useless; he had to keep drawing.
However, Bai Ye could no longer use God Stone shards to specify the gacha color.
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