I am an insect

Ji Ye was very familiar with the Ancheng area and knew about the existence of this road.

The thought that suddenly popped into his mind made him feel that the traffic jam on the main road was related to him, so he did not hesitate to tell the middle-aged man to choose this side road. Although it was a longer route, it might avoid the potential danger.

Of course, Ji Ye also understood that if the other party could really track him, no matter which way he went, the other party would catch up sooner or later. What he could do now was to buy time and become stronger as much as possible before the other party found him.

Once he confirmed that the middle-aged man had entered the alley, Ji Ye closed his eyes and felt the energy within his body that was constantly merging into his mental body. If he had previously entered the "sub-state" level, then now, he had taken a further step within the "sub-state".

At that moment, about ten kilometers away from their vehicle, two cars appeared, and the man in sunglasses was sitting in the back seat of the car in front.

The two cars sped along and finally caught up.

A short while later, the two cars arrived at the intersection. In the headlights, the words "Erliqiao" could be seen standing at the intersection in the distance.

"Turn left and take the small road leading to Erliqiao," the man in sunglasses suddenly instructed the driver.

The driver was taken aback, thinking that the alley had been abandoned long ago, but since it was the man in sunglasses' order, he didn't dare to say anything more and immediately turned the car left into the alley, heading towards Erli Bridge.

The abandoned road was in very poor condition, but at the man in sunglasses' command, the driver kept accelerating, and the car was repeatedly hit on the undercarriage, making a loud noise.

Without the sunglasses-wearing man's order, the driver dared not slow down. Fortunately, for them, this car was nothing; at worst, they could just drive it to the ground and get another one.

"Getting closer and closer..." A smile finally appeared on the man in sunglasses in the darkness.

The surroundings were completely dark, with rolling mountains and scattered villages visible in the distance.

On this desolate path, they could see lights in the distance, the lights from vehicles.

"Ji Ye, let's see where you run to this time?" The man in sunglasses chuckled as he sat in the car.

They could drive at high speeds without caring about whether their cars were damaged, but the middle-aged man driving the taxi was very careful, looking at the bumpy road, afraid of hitting the chassis, and the car was going slower and slower.

He looked in his rearview mirror and saw two cars speeding towards him from behind.

"With a car like that, how dare you drive so fast?" The middle-aged man couldn't understand.

Ji Ye, who had been keeping his eyes closed, suddenly opened them. He understood that the white-hatted people had caught up with him, and an indescribable feeling welled up in his heart.

Lin Ya, who was leaning against the side, still had her eyes closed, but she had already quietly straightened her clothes.

On this deserted and desolate road, two cars suddenly appeared behind her and caught up at such a high speed. She wasn't stupid; she naturally knew who was in those two cars.

"Uncle, please stop the car." Suddenly, Ji Ye spoke up.

The middle-aged man was taken aback, but still pulled the car over to the side of the road and asked, "What's wrong?"

As Ji Ye opened the car door and got out, he said, "We'll get off here. You can go now."

He didn't want to involve this middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man was somewhat surprised: "You're getting off here? There's no village or shop in sight, it's very dangerous late at night..."

Ji Ye smiled and said, "Uncle, listen to me, hurry up and go, but don't turn back. Follow this path forward, cross Erli Bridge, go around to the other side of the main road, and then go back."

Looking at Ji Ye's face, and then at the two cars approaching at an alarming speed behind him, the middle-aged man suddenly seemed to understand something. He felt that Ji Ye and the other man's sudden decision to get out of the car must be related to the two rapidly approaching vehicles.

A hint of nervousness appeared on his face. He gritted his teeth before saying, "Why don't you get in the car, and I'll speed up? Maybe we can..."

Ji Ye waved his hand and said, "No need. You're just an ordinary person. You don't understand what happened. Don't get involved. There are some things in this world that you can't understand. Go back quickly. Your wife and children are waiting for you to come home safely."

He knew that the taxi was far slower than the two cars that were chasing it. Even if the driver was ruthless enough to disregard the damage to the car and push the speed to the limit, he still couldn't outrun the two cars that were getting closer and closer. So why let this clueless man get involved in the danger?

Upon hearing Ji Ye's words, the middle-aged man stopped talking and drove away.

Although he didn't know exactly what Ji Ye was referring to, looking back now, he felt that everything that had happened tonight since he met Ji Ye was somewhat bizarre and strange. For some reason, he suddenly felt a strange fear and apprehension. The darkness around him seemed increasingly dangerous to him, so he quickly locked all four car doors.

Only after the middle-aged man drove away did Ji Ye breathe a sigh of relief. He didn't let the man drive back because he was afraid he would run into those two cars. No one knew if the people in those two cars would suddenly attack the middle-aged man. Just in case, to avoid such a situation, he told the man to drive directly to the end of the small road and turn back onto the main road, which would be safer.

The man had just driven away when two cars appeared within ten meters of them.

The headlights were so bright that Ji Ye couldn't help but reach out and shield his eyes.

"Lin Ya, how are you feeling? Have you broken through?" Ji Ye asked softly, watching the two cars parked ten meters away, where men and women wearing white hats were getting out one after another.

"I've broken through." Lin Ya whispered softly, her tone tinged with excitement and agitation.

Ji Ye did not deceive her; he truly helped her break through the sub-state she had been unable to enter. Although the process was difficult for her to accept, the effect was astonishing.

"Hmm." Ji Ye responded softly. Now that Lin Ya had broken through, he was confident that he could fight her. This time, he would no longer run away, but chose to face the challenge. He did not want to continue to flee endlessly like this.

Soon, the people in both cars got out. Including the driver, there were seven men and women wearing white hats, and one tall, thin young man wearing sunglasses.

Ji Ye noticed the weasel on his shoulder and realized that he was the thin, sunglasses-wearing man whose left arm he had previously severed, now in a new body.

Looking at these eight people, Ji Ye was somewhat surprised to find that Tian Cang was not among them.

Previously, on the rooftop of the boxing gym, he had demonstrated sub-stage combat power at the second stage of adult insect. The fact that the other party dared to chase him here meant that Tian Cang and the man in sunglasses must have joined forces. This was also the reason why he wanted to help Lin Ya break through to the sub-stage.

Facing two opponents simultaneously, Ji Ye lacked confidence in dealing with both Tian Cang and the man in sunglasses. However, with Lin Ya's breakthrough, as long as she could shield him from one of them, Ji Ye was confident he could handle the other.

As for those white-hatted men and women who had not reached the sub-state, he didn't take them seriously.

"Catching up with you guys wasn't easy." The man in sunglasses chuckled as he strode closer to the two. "Ji Ye, we meet again."

The seven men and women in white hats behind him were on high alert, each displaying extensions of their own mental forms, and followed the man in sunglasses, surrounding him in a fan shape.