Chapter 531: Chapter 250: Going Against the Path Chapter 531: Chapter 250: Going Against the Path Under the formidable ability of Yang Qi, the enemy made miscalculations and was lured in the wrong direction. But this was, after all, The United States of America, belonging to others. It remained very dangerous to stay here, as nobody could tell when this place would be discovered, so Yan Fei decided to leave immediately.
Reaching out, Yan Fei grabbed Yang Qi and started running towards the canyon entrance. Before leaving, Yan Fei stomped fiercely on the unusual device Yang Qi had created, crushing it to prevent anyone from deciphering how it worked.
Yang Qi only weighed a little over a hundred pounds, which was no pressure for Yan Fei with his current strength. Yan Fei ran extremely fast, and in just a few minutes, he raced out of the narrow canyon and reached the highway outside.
On the highway, the motorcycle Yang Qi rode to get here lay on the ground, covered with large amounts of blood. However, the blood had been there too long and had already begun to coagulate.
Yang Qi originally did not know how to ride a motorcycle, but he was very familiar with its principle. Under the life-threatening pressure of the police pursuit, Yang Qi tried riding and it took very little time for him to learn. In his first motorcycle ride, Yang Qi managed to escape from the outskirts of Los Angeles to the Rocky Mountains hundreds of kilometers away.
After leaving the canyon, Yan Fei faced a dilemma. Due to the energy consumption over time, the Drone had less than 150,000 Energy Points remaining. If the Drone flew at full speed, this small amount of energy would only allow it to cover approximately 270 kilometers. Even if it slowed down, it could fly at most around 320 kilometers. From here to the Pacific Ocean Area in the west was still a good 500 kilometers away.
If Yan Fei chose to fly westward with the Drone right now, although he wouldn't be able to leave the United States mainland, he would be closer to the ocean before the Energy Points were exhausted. If a major emergency arose, it would be more convenient for Yan Fei to escape into the sea. Once in the ocean, with the Drone's Subterranean Capability, Yan Fei and Yang Qi would be completely safe.
However, this approach had a considerable downside. Due to the lack of Energy Points, the Drone definitely couldn't leave the United States mainland before the next data refresh point. Once the Energy Points were exhausted, the Drone would have to make an emergency landing, undoubtedly on American soil, and there was a good chance it could be discovered by the Americans. At that time, the immobilized Drone could be captured by the US Forces. This might lead to an uncontrollable situation with unpredictable consequences.
In this kind of situation, Yan Fei actually had another excellent choice, which was to use the Drone's Subterranean Capability to go underground. As long as the Drone entered the underground silently, it would be very safe because no one would think of a Drone hiding under the ground.
But this had a big problem, too–due to the lack of Energy Points, the Drone wouldn't be able to go very deep underground. Unluckily, if it encountered a hard rock layer, it might only be able to go less than 10 meters deep, a shallow depth that didn't guarantee absolute safety for the Drone. If its whereabouts were discovered and the Drone got stuck in the soil due to loss of mobility, it would be powerless to fight back and in the most dangerous situation.
Besides, Yan Fei had another option, which was to stay put and hide with Yang Qi in this deserted canyon, waiting for the Drone data refresh. As long as the Drone recovered its peak combat power, it would naturally be able to carry Yan Fei and Yang Qi away safely, and no one would be able to stop them.
This, however, required one precondition: the Americans must not have discovered that the Location Coordinates given by Yang Qi were fake and continued maintaining the encirclement, waiting for Yan Fei to fall into the trap. Otherwise, once the Americans lost patience and sent people into the mine pit to search, they would immediately discover it empty, realizing Yang Qi wasn't there and that they had been tricked.
Once the Americans realized they had been tricked, they would certainly expand the search area, and then they might find this canyon. After all, Yang Qi lacked social experience and hadn't covered up his traces in time. Bloodstains left behind by Xiang Xiang were occasionally visible on the highway. These blood traces stood out like beacons in the darkness, highly conspicuous.
Each of the three methods had its advantages and disadvantages. After careful consideration, Yan Fei chose the third option. He decided to stay and wait for the Drone data refresh and then use the Drone's capabilities to leave The United States of America. However, for safety, he wouldn't stay in the canyon but would leave the area. Even if Yang Qi's Number game was solved and the adversaries reached the canyon, they wouldn't know where Yang Qi actually went.
After surveying the surroundings, Yan Fei went ahead and lifted the motorcycle that had fallen. He first cleaned off the dried blood on the motorcycle, then, carrying Yang Qi on his back, he took out a can of gasoline from the Universal Space and poured it into the motorcycle's tank, filling it up. Since Yan Fei was discreet in his actions, and with Yang Qi in a trance, he failed to notice this blatantly abnormal event.