Chapter 414: Chapter 414: Terrifying Experience at Reed Lake (1) Chapter 414: Chapter 414: Terrifying Experience at Reed Lake (1) So Gu Qiaoqiao and An Xiaotong sat together, with Du Tian driving.
It was already past one o’clock in the afternoon.
An Xiaotong, still enthusiastic, whispered to Gu Qiaoqiao.
Gu Qiaoqiao had rarely seen An Xiaotong so happy.
And it seemed Du Tian felt the same.
A smile had been playing on his lips all along.
Their car was at the back, naturally, Chu Chengfeng’s car was leading.
The road was a dirt track paved with yellow sand.
Located to the west of the Imperial Capital.
There were no villages nearby, just endless wilderness.
The area at that moment was lush with greenery; some parts were meadows full of reeds, while other areas were planted with corn and sorghum.
This place was still an hour’s drive from the Imperial Capital.
The distance was roughly a hundred more kilometers.
An Xiaotong seemed a bit tired, leaned back in her seat, and stretched languidly.
But just as she was stretching, the speeding car suddenly emitted a piercing sound of the tires friction against the ground.
Immediately after, several bursting sounds followed.
The sudden stop caused everyone in the car, caught unawares, to lurch forward.
Fortunately, they were all wearing seat belts.
Even so, it almost caused An Xiaotong’s unretracted arm to slam into the front seat.
Gu Qiaoqiao was quick to react, grabbing An Xiaotong’s body in a flash.
And Du Tian widened his eyes in shock.
He immediately turned to look back, reassured to see that the two girls were unharmed, he then saw that all the cars had stopped, and hurriedly pushed open the door and got out of the car.
Gu Qiaoqiao pondered for a moment; what she had heard was probably the sound of a tire bursting.
Then, Gu Qiaoqiao said to An Xiaotong, “It seems like a tire burst, I’ll go check.”
She had really been scared earlier, and her heart was still thumping uncontrollably.
Gu Qiaoqiao stood on the road.
People from all four cars gradually got out.
All of these vehicles had suffered tire blowouts.
Chu Chengfeng, hands on his hips, exchanged glances with Du Tian, both of them furrowing their brows.
“What’s that?” Gu Qiaoqiao pointed to black objects on the road that looked like jackfruit, asking in surprise.
“Iron Thorns!” Chu Chengfeng replied.
He and Du Tian had just discovered them too.
All four cars were affected because they were driving fast.
His car was the worst affected.
Three of the four tires had burst.
And the others weren’t much better off.
Gu Qiaoqiao felt her heart skip a beat.
She was different from the others here.
When she encountered such a situation, her first reaction was that someone had deliberately placed them there.
“When Qin Yize left, there weren’t any here, but after he left, these things appeared on the road…” Gu Qiaoqiao calmly recounted.
Chu Chengfeng nodded upon hearing this.
Distressed, Du Tian scratched his head and asked Chu Chengfeng, “What should we do?”
“Someone deliberately placed these things here, but why?” Chu Chengfeng looked at Du Tian and asked in a deep voice.
Shang Qing stepped forward, bent down to look at the Iron Thorns covered in sharp spikes, and then asked Chu Chengfeng, “Why would someone deliberately place these?”
Gu Qiaoqiao took a deep breath.
There were no fields here, only meadows full of reeds flanking the road.
The left side could no longer be called a meadow; it was a lake.
It was unclear how deep the water was.
Gu Qiaoqiao pressed her shoulder bag.
At this time, surprisingly, there were no vehicles in either direction.
Lin Qinghuan’s hand clenched involuntarily.