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Chapter 272 Rockets
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"I am Elder Lin Yao!"
"Attention! Stop the vehicle immediately! Break windows and escape! Beware of rocket attacks!"
A commanding voice rang out simultaneously in the three Yutong buses; the sound was loud and somewhat distorted.
Those members of the Yi family who were familiar with Lin Yao could still recognize that it was indeed Lin Yao's voice, and someone immediately confirmed that it was Elder Lin Yao, the guest elder, issuing the order.
"action!"
The last command quickly brought all the Yi family members in the three vehicles back to their senses. Although they didn't know what kind of technique it was and had never encountered it before, and it was almost the same as the effect produced by radio and loudspeaker equipment, it did not prevent them from immediately carrying out the order issued by the respected elder of the Yi family. Strictly speaking, this was the first time that orders had been directly given to the Yi family members.
The three cars braked suddenly almost simultaneously, and the sound of shattering windows rang out almost at the same time. Then, dozens of agile figures shot out from the windows on both sides, followed by other disciples who tumbled out one after another.
Everyone moved with incredible speed, not wasting even half a second. The figures that flipped out in succession seemed to connect together, forming dozens of black ribbons created by human bodies.
From a distance, it looks like a jar filled with ink with two small holes punched in it, from which thick black ink is poured out.
Lin Yao and the Yi family members reacted incredibly quickly. From the moment Lin Yao gave the order in the first car to the moment the three cars behind him reacted and escaped simultaneously, the entire process took only about ten seconds.
But what would normally be a very short ten seconds or so felt very long at this moment, because this was a battlefield, a battlefield where one side was well prepared and the other side was unprepared.
Jiang Dayang was in charge of this ambush operation. At this moment, he was among the first batch of ambushers at the forefront, and he was the man Xiaocao first spotted who was observing the Yi family's situation with an infrared telescope.
From the moment the first car suddenly braked at a distance of 110 meters, Jiang Dayang sensed something was wrong. With his extensive experience, he immediately judged that the situation had changed!
Without time to analyze how the enemy had discovered the ambush, Jiang Dayang immediately issued an order into the Bluetooth device hanging on his ear: "Attention everyone! Groups two and three, the original targets; Group four, the furthest vehicle, fire immediately!"
The reason for this order was to respond to an emergency and kill as many members of the Yi family as possible. As soon as he gave the order, he heard the sound of glass breaking from the bus that braked suddenly. It seemed that the Yi family had reacted quickly and chosen to escape by breaking the window.
The reason for changing the fourth group's target to the car furthest away was to improve attack efficiency. People who practice martial arts have much faster physical reactions than ordinary people. At this moment, the first car has already noticed something and reacted. If the fourth group, which is furthest away, launches the rocket, the flight time will be enough for the people in the first car to have the greatest chance of escaping. This is a result that Jiang Dayang does not want to see.
Although it's unclear which car the Yi family's Grand Elder is currently in, based on conventional thinking, given his status as the Yi family's Grand Elder, Yi Potian, possessing the highest martial prowess, he would likely be in the first car, ready to respond to any emergencies.
Ordered by the patriarch that the primary objective was to strike Yi Potian, Jiang Dayang immediately made a decision: his group would attack the nearest vehicle to maximize the kill effect. Even if the few seconds the rockets spent in the air allowed most of the people in the vehicle to escape, the power and splash effect of ten rockets exploding simultaneously would still cause maximum damage to the Yi family members who were still reacting.
This plan has another advantage: Jiang Dayang is betting that only the first vehicle will discover the anomaly. If the vehicles behind are notified by phone, the time spent will be enough for the other groups' rockets to reach their respective targets, ensuring the ambush operation achieves maximum effectiveness.
As he gave the order, Jiang Dayang pressed the launch button for the rocket launcher. His body jolted, and a burst of flame shot out from behind his shoulder. The rocket flew rapidly toward the first vehicle that had already stopped.
Two seconds after Jiang Dayang launched the rocket, trailing a trail of fire, almost simultaneously, dozens of bright lights emerged from the hillsides on either side, about a hundred meters apart. These lights, like luminous brushes, drew eight dazzling bands of light across the dark night sky, heading diagonally toward their respective targets.
The reason the Jiang family's launch actions were so synchronized was that Jiang Dayang's orders could be transmitted to all personnel instantly, allowing them to adjust their aim and launch the rockets almost simultaneously.
Dongqiao Mountain is not very famous, and only these ancient families are accustomed to using this name. However, its other name, Luofu Mountain, is very famous because it has become a relatively prosperous tourist destination.
With so many tourists, the communication network is naturally well-developed. Although it's a mountainous area, the dense network of mobile operator base stations and transmission towers ensures uninterrupted communication in the region.
Using wireless walkie-talkies would compromise channel security, potentially allowing them to be intercepted and increasing the risk of the entire operation. Therefore, the Jiang family used public mobile networks, leveraging the network conferencing services provided by the carrier, combined with the phone's Bluetooth system. This effectively combined security and timeliness, ensuring smooth communication of instructions. This reflects the Jiang family's meticulous approach to resource utilization and attention to detail.
At this moment, Lin Yao was shouting in the now-empty bus. Although Elder Yi Potian next to him didn't know if his shouting would have any effect on the buses that were far behind, a glimmer of hope arose in his fearful heart.
At this moment, Elder Yi Potian trusted Lin Yao more than ever before.
Almost all of the Yi family's elites were here. Yi Potian knew the power of the rocket. If no miracle occurred, even if he was unharmed, the Yi family would suffer an unbearable blow. The hope for a miracle rested on Lin Yao, who was shouting at this moment.
Elder Yi Potian's mind raced, and he even prepared for the worst, even if the vehicles behind them were doomed. He was determined to protect Lin Yao, because Lin Yao was the future hope of the Yi family. As long as Lin Yao was there, the Yi family still had a chance to turn things around.
Yi Potian, who had already gathered the energy of heaven and earth, was preparing to drag Lin Yao away after he finished shouting, but he saw Lin Yao shoot out of the window out of thin air as soon as he finished speaking. He even noticed that Lin Yao's hands and feet did not move and he remained in a squatting horse stance until he was about to pass through the car window before changing the position of his hands and feet.
"Run!"
The sound didn't reach them until Lin Yao's legs were completely out of the bus. Ignoring everything else, Yi Potian immediately followed Lin Yao out of the window, his movements as agile as a monkey.
All the Yi family members were well aware of the power of the rocket. After quickly escaping from the bus, they did not stay in one place, but rushed as far as possible towards the hillsides on both sides and the deep ravine below the road. Only by getting as far away from the bus as possible could they achieve greater safety. This action did not require hesitation.
As Jiang Dayang's rocket hurtled towards them, trailing a long plume of flame, Lin Yao noticed that all the Yi family members who had been in the same car with him were already more than ten meters away, and that distance was rapidly increasing. He figured they were all safe.
However, the sudden burst of light, like fireworks, startled Lin Yao. He hadn't expected so many rockets; it seemed the Jiang family had made thorough preparations to wipe out his group.
Dragged through the air by the grass, Lin Yao could only pray that the Yi family members in the vehicles behind him could escape quickly. Clearly, several waves of rockets weren't all aimed at his vehicle; the vehicles behind were also suffering heavy rocket fire.
"Yaoyao, hurry up and get some protection, I'll help them." Xiaocao's voice suddenly rang out, her tone very anxious.
"Okay." Lin Yao quickly gathered his medical true energy to give himself maximum protection, and his muscles tensed up.
The scene stopped abruptly. Xiao Cao put Lin Yao down, and he was now more than twenty meters away from the vehicle, perched atop a protruding rock. If he turned around, he could no longer see the bus, as the large rock blocked his view. It seemed that Xiao Cao had deliberately chosen this safe spot; even if the bus exploded, it was unlikely that any debris would hit Lin Yao.
The dense barrage of rockets, like a flock of pigeons in flight, whistled towards their target, the sound of the airflow friction sending chills down one's spine.
"No! I can't stop them." Xiaocao's voice rang out. Lin Yao noticed that the second wave of rockets flying towards the vehicles behind paused slightly. Of course, this pause was only relative to the rockets flying behind, and it appeared to stop after the speed was reduced.
Lin Yao instantly understood what Xiao Cao meant. She was using her ability to block the rocket, but how could a rocket traveling at such a speed be stopped? Putting aside their massive mass and the immense thrust generated by their exhaust flames, their sheer speed was something that Xiao Cao, who had acted hastily, could not handle.
"Push them aside! Just change their direction!" Lin Yao immediately suggested. At this moment, there was no room for hesitation, otherwise it would bring serious disaster to the Yi family members in the vehicles behind. He was not yet aware of the situation of the vehicles behind, and he did not waste time attaching his senses when issuing the order. Everything was done by Xiao Cao.
In other words, it's uncertain whether the vehicles behind have received the order, let alone how they are reacting at this moment.