American homeless people, surviving in the city

Chapter 147 Frenzied End of the Road

"Oh! You're right!"

With Lynch's reminder, Sylvia finally realized that no amount of vigilance was too much when dealing with these ruthless and treacherous cultists.

She frantically pulled out her satellite phone—which she had been clutching tightly to her chest—pressed the power button, and then immediately turned to Lin Qi: "Who should I call?"

"Your family is quite powerful, right? Call your dad first!" Lin Qi gasped for breath in pain.

Realizing she was still in danger, Sylvia's smile faded. She quickly entered her father's phone number into the satellite phone and pressed the dial button.

The waiting tone of "beep-beep" then rang out in the car.

The SUV wasn't actually quiet inside. Driving at high speed on this bumpy dirt road, the potholes made the SUV bounce around. Although the people inside wouldn't feel unbearably bumpy, they would hear a lot of noise.

But those soft call waiting tonees sounded particularly jarring to Sylvia's ears.

She is not usually an impatient person. When faced with problems in life, she tends to patiently solve them and look for opportunities most of the time.

But at this moment, for the first time, she felt that those few seconds of waiting for the call to connect were incredibly long!

"Beep—beep—click!"

Finally, a voice came from the other end of the phone; the call had finally gone through!

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Then, a deep male voice, tinged with anxiety and unease, hurriedly spoke from the other end of the phone: "Hey? Who is this?"

"Dad! It's me..."

Hearing that familiar voice, Sylvia's eyes welled up with tears for the first time during this long night.

Soon, Sylvia clearly explained her situation to her family. She told them everything about Maple Valley, the car accident, the Rainbow Body cult, and Lynch.

Upon hearing that his daughter might still be being chased by cultists, Sylvia's father was extremely anxious and immediately ordered the entire family security team to be mobilized and rush to Maple Valley to search for her. They even borrowed two helicopters.

—As long as we can hold on, the rescue will arrive soon!

After explaining her situation, Sylvia hung up the phone reluctantly, not wanting to say anything more.

"Next, call the Razor Clan and tell them Jasper is in Maple Valley, critically injured. Oh, and mention the war elephants—Sanjar and my name—again. They might take it more seriously."

Sylvia nodded without asking any questions. Under Lynch's arrangement, she dialed the Razor Claws' number that Jasper had previously provided.

The man who answered the phone had a rough and agitated voice. It was Jasper's cousin, "Wolverine" Is, a minor leader in the Razor Gang!

Upon learning of his cousin's whereabouts and hearing Sylvia mention Sanjar's name under Lynch's instructions, he immediately and without hesitation stated that he would send all available manpower to Maple Valley to search for everyone's whereabouts, and would also report to the gang's higher-ups to request more support!

After hanging up the phone and receiving promises from both sides, Sylvia seemed to relax a bit. She turned her head, a hint of surprise on her face, and cautiously asked, "...I didn't expect you to have a gangster background?"

She was clearly surprised that Lynch had just been able to name Sanjar.

"Well... not entirely. I'd say I've had some collaborations with them."

Lynch sighed and explained simply. He was only worried that "Wolverine" Is, as a minor leader, wouldn't be able to mobilize enough men, which was why he had Sylvia give his name.

So far, his arrangements seem to have been very effective.

Just when he thought everything was going in a good direction, suddenly, several lights in the rearview mirror caught his attention.

Just like before the car accident, two SUVs that appeared out of nowhere suddenly appeared behind Lin Qi's car, like two fierce wolves, sticking tightly to the back of Lin Qi's car!

Lin Qi was instantly terrified and broke out in a cold sweat.

...It's those cult members! They've caught up with us again!

Damn it, it hasn't been that long! How did they move so fast? They even just made the call for help!

Lin Qi was frantic, but all he could do now was continue accelerating. Despite his emotional state, the gunshot wound in his shoulder was making the left side of his body increasingly numb, and before he knew it, blood had stained the half of the seat beneath him.

"...Lin Qi! Are you alright?!"

Sylvia finally noticed that something was wrong with Lynch. Because so much had happened and the lighting inside the car had been very dim, and Lynch had been silent all along, she hadn't noticed the injuries on Lynch's body.

Only now, noticing that Lin Qi's movements were becoming increasingly stiff, did she realize that Lin Qi had an unusually gruesome wound on his body!

"Oh my god! Can you hold on?! You're bleeding so much!"

When Sylvia saw the driver's seat beneath Lynch, soaked in blood, she panicked completely. The relief and joy she felt from making the call vanished in an instant. Her voice trembled slightly, and there was even a hint of a sob in her tone.

Lin Qi didn't respond; he no longer had the energy to. The scene before him seemed to be doubled, becoming increasingly blurry. But he knew he absolutely couldn't stop!

Not only can we not stop, we must continue to accelerate!

But the two SUVs behind him were also constantly accelerating, trying to force Lynch's car to stop from the side.

The forest road was already narrow, and with the cultists repeatedly obstructing him, Lynch had to concentrate all his energy and use all his strength to barely control the direction of the off-road vehicle.

However, the repeated impacts caused the SUV to shake more and more violently. Ultimately, Lin Qi, who only had the driving skills of an ordinary person, found it increasingly difficult to cope and soon began to feel that he could not keep up.

Sylvia sat stiffly in the passenger seat, her fists clenched tightly, not daring to move an inch. She didn't dare disturb Lynch at all, but didn't know what she could do. She could only close her eyes and pray desperately for the two of them.

Suddenly, she heard Lynch speak weakly, "Sylvia, make one more call for me."

"For whom!" Sylvia asked nervously.

"It just suddenly occurred to me that neither your family nor the Razor Gang can be considered a civilian force. But if the police are negligent in their investigation and delay in filing a case, even if we thwart their plans tonight, they will still run rampant in society. In the end, this is just treating the symptoms, not the root cause."

"Therefore, I must make some further plans..."

Lin Qi managed to squeeze out these few words with all his might, and then recited a number.

Just as Sylvia dialed the number, an SUV suddenly lurched towards Lynch's car. This time, however, it didn't simply try to ram Lynch's SUV from the side; instead, it continued to accelerate, quickly reaching Lynch's front side!

Then, the car jerked the steering wheel and turned around, clearly intending to force Lin Qi's car to a complete stop this time!