Chapter 161: The Hunt

On the roads around Maka Living Village, over ten pickup trucks were speeding toward where the gunshots had rung out.

In one car, a young man about twenty-two or twenty-three years old, wearing camouflage and with a cigarette in his mouth, said softly: "Chase quickly, the terrain around here isn't complex at all, they can't run far."

"Damn it, Xu Hu's informant is useless too - said he'd call to notify us but leaked early," the person in the passenger seat cursed.

"Chase quickly!" the young man urged. His name was Xue Pengyu, a member of the Xue family clan active around Dragon City and Zone One.

This Xue family clan had only emerged in recent years, mainly doing gold brick business with many gold brick processing factories in war-torn areas, and they even had their own armed forces. They were the new supply channel Xu Hu had found.

To rapidly seize the market with large-scale distribution, the Xue family had set their prices extremely low, and whenever Xu Hu asked them for anything, as long as the conditions weren't too unreasonable, the Xue family would agree.

Dragon City's goods mostly moved by sea, so to take over this lucrative market, they had to cooperate with the dock gang. Among this group, only Xu Hu had the strongest willingness to cooperate with them, so the Xue family strongly supported him.

Xue Pengyu was one of the Xue family's core members. His factory was in the Xinaluo mountains, which was why he could bring over forty men to reach the outskirts of Dragon City so quickly.

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Over ten pickup trucks sped toward Maka Living Village, quickly meeting up with the shouting Cheng Gang on the road.

The other cars continued pursuit while only Xue Pengyu's car stopped by the road. He lowered his window and asked Cheng Gang: "You're the informant?"

"Yes, chase quickly, you must catch Wei Xiangzuo - if he escapes, there'll be trouble," Cheng Gang had been brothers with Wei Xiangzuo for nearly ten years, sharing hardships and dangers, definitely counting as life-and-death friends, but at this moment, he hoped more than anyone that Wei Xiangzuo wouldn't survive the night.

"Get in," Xue Pengyu called out.

Cheng Gang got in the car and added: "Also, the Yu family sent someone too - if we catch him, we can completely confirm the fact that Wei Xiangzuo colluded with the Yu family to kill Old Gu. Then they won't be able to turn things around!"

Xue Pengyu raised his eyebrows and asked: "The Yu family sent people too?!"

"Yes, they did," Cheng Gang nodded. "But just one person."

Xue Pengyu threw away his cigarette butt and urged again: "Drive quickly, I want to catch the Yu family person myself. These bastards have no rules, getting Zhou Yaoxiang from Zone One to invest in Dragon City - this is fucking market-disrupting behavior!"

Thirty seconds later, Cheng Gang borrowed Xue Pengyu's phone and directly dialed Xu Hu's number.

After a brief exchange, Cheng Gang handed the phone to Xue Pengyu: "He wants to talk to you."

"Hello?" Xue Pengyu took the phone.

"Listen carefully - Wei Xiangzuo must be pinned down, and the Yu family person even more so! If they're both caught together, then for the dock gang, Gu Tongshan was definitely killed by them, understand my meaning?!" Xu Hu shouted very excitedly. "The dock gang follows rules - only with solid evidence will no one help them or speak for them."

"I understand," Xue Pengyu replied before hanging up.

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About five or six minutes later, the Xue family convoy had completely locked onto Su Tianyu's SUV, with the distance between them constantly shrinking.

The terrain around Dragon City was very simple, because there were many war-torn areas on both sides, with no dense buildings or living villages nearby - only forests, mountains, and various lakes and rivers.

Maka Living Village was too small - Su Tianyu and the others would have no chance of escape if trapped inside, so they could only run outward. But the terrain outside was too simple, with straight roads - once they drove out, there was nowhere to hide.

Su Tianyu looked up at the rearview mirror and asked urgently: "How many bullets left in the guns?!"

"Not many," Little Feng replied softly. "At Dragon Bridge, we almost used them all."

"Damn it!" Su Tianyu cursed and immediately took out his phone.

"Rat-tat-tat...!"

Behind them, gunfire rang out, sending sparks flying from the rear of the car.

Little Feng ducked his head and shouted: "They've caught up!"

Su Tianyu panted as he gripped the phone, waiting three seconds before asking: "Where are you?!"

"Moving east to west, about to enter Maka," the other party replied.

"Don't come anymore, up the mountain, quick!" Su Tianyu replied. "I'm being caught, about to abandon the car, listen for gunfire."

"Understood."

"The other side has many people, over ten cars," Su Tianyu reminded.

"Mm," the other party replied without any emotional fluctuation. "Don't hang up."

"Screech!"

Hearing this, Su Tianyu suddenly slammed on the brakes, driving the SUV directly to the foot of the mountains on the left: "Get out, get out!"

Everyone rushed out of the SUV at his call. Wei Xiangzuo took his gun and shot at their pursuers, while Su Tianyu was about to run when he turned to see Old Gao still lying in the car.

"Take him, take him with us," Little Feng shouted pleadingly to Su Tianyu while firing back at their pursuers.

"Damn it!"

Su Tianyu cursed, bent down to pull Old Gao from the car, and supported him as they ran up the mountain.

After firing a few shots at their pursuers, Little Feng and Wei Xiangzuo also had to flee into the mountain forest.

"Screech, screech!"

Behind them, the Xue family forces took less than ten seconds to reach Su Tianyu's abandoned car. Xue Pengyu jumped out and said concisely: "Pin them all down for me, don't let a single one escape!"

At these words, over forty people jumped down from the pickup trucks. These people all wore camouflage, bulletproof vests, and carried M-series automatic rifles and P-series handguns - they were armed to the teeth.

The situation inside and outside the district was completely different. Families like this active in war-torn areas doing life-and-death business almost all had private armed forces, or at least cooperation with private armed forces - otherwise they definitely couldn't survive.

Over forty people charged into the dense forest carrying guns in a dark mass.

Su Tianyu supported Old Gao at the front, deliberately maintaining some distance from Wei Xiangzuo and the others. His rescue was genuine, but not wanting to die was also genuine, so he was avoiding the main force pursuing them.

But unexpectedly, just as Su Tianyu ran to the side, over ten people caught up from behind, firmly locking onto him.

"Mother fucking bastards, these people want to kill me too!" Even a fool like Su Tianyu could understand their motives, so he could only run for his life into the mountains.

Running uphill while carrying someone was already extremely exhausting, and with the enemy all armed with guns, even Su Tianyu with his excellent stamina was somewhat exhausted after sprinting over a hundred meters.

"Bang!"

Just as Su Tianyu's movements slowed and his body lost strength, a Xue family gunman behind him shot him in the left thigh.

The burning pain combined with the weakness of exhaustion made Su Tianyu's foot instantly slip, and he fell directly to the ground.

Behind him, the group of over ten people was less than sixty meters from Su Tianyu's position.