This aura is deadly

This is an interstate highway, and a large container truck is traveling along it.

It was noon, the sun was high in the sky, and the car radio was playing the midday news.

On the left side of the car window, the rolling red mountains can be seen, and the shadow of the white city can be seen on the horizon. On the right side of the car window, the blue sea is sparkling, and the hot wind is blowing, making people feel anxious out of thin air.

"...A strike march took place on President Street in Norton this morning. Thousands of corporate employees took to the streets to protest against the recent layoffs at Internet companies and seek a salary increase..."

"Ha! A bunch of slackers. They don't think they make enough!" the truck driver laughed, twisting the radio knob and switching to the music channel.

Chen Ke, Laura and Nathan sat in the back seat to rest. At the speed of this car, they would be able to enter Norton City in another hour at most.

"We will separate when we arrive in Norton City." Nathan said. He checked his backpack and found that most of it was wet. Many maps and notebooks inside were destroyed.

"Chen Ke, you must have something to do when you go to Norton City, right?" Laura asked.

"Yes, private matters." Chen Ke nodded.

"I hope your pre-checked luggage will arrive before you, Chen Ke." Nathan smiled.

"I hope so." Chen Ke also smiled. In fact, the backgrounds of the three of them were not simple, and everyone already knew it.

After what happened last night, the three of them left each other's phone numbers. Nathan and Laura regarded Chen Ke as a powerful helper, while Chen Ke regarded the two as potential opportunities to obtain the mysterious creation.

In short, we can benefit each other, and one more friend means another road.

They sailed the boat in a shoal, then abandoned the ship and left. The other three crew members obviously wanted to monopolize the smuggled holy objects, so they hoped that Chen Ke and the others would leave first.

Chen Ke didn't have a particularly urgent need for those holy objects, and he didn't want to cause trouble, so he got on the highway with Nathan and Laura and walked for half an hour before stopping the truck and taking them to Norton City.

But he was not without gains. At least, the biological detection machine of the Administration that Conrad had promised but failed to give him personally had already been collected by him.

When the car was about to enter the city of Norton, a temporary checkpoint appeared in front of it and it had to slow down.

"What's going on...?" Chen Ke looked forward.

Six black SUVs were parked on the side of the road. There was a row of black and yellow roadblocks in the middle of the road. Next to them were several people wearing black suits and black sunglasses, as well as more than a dozen heavily armed P.W.A.T members.

"Good morning sir."

The container truck stopped on the side of the road. A man in a suit came to the window, took off his sunglasses, and smiled at the driver.

"Hello buddy, what's wrong? There have never been checkpoints on this road before." The driver said.

"We are from the administration. Starting from last night, every vehicle entering the city must undergo routine inspection." The man in the suit said.

"Okay... whatever you want. I only have frozen pork in my container," the driver said.

"Can you please open it and take a look?" the man in the suit asked.

"Then it's better to hurry up. I don't want the meat to spoil." The driver said, opening the door and jumping out of the car.

Chen Ke looked outside through the window. The group of people in suits looked at the container truck with expressionless faces, while the P.W.A.T. on the side was in an unusual alert state.

Could it be that something jumped out? How could the administration be so alert?

"Look, there's only pork in it, nothing else." The driver opened the container at the back, and strips of frozen pork were displayed in the freezer.

When the container was opened, a blast of cold wind blew out from inside, which made people feel extremely comfortable on this hot midday day.

The man in a suit stood outside and glanced inside, while on the side, another man in a suit took out a sacred object detector and scanned the carriage. The detector made the sound of sparse iron pieces moving against each other.

"With all due respect, sir, who are the other three in the car?" the man in suit asked.

"Them? They are just some hikers from Pinglin Town. They said they walked all night last night. I saw that they were also very tired, so I gave them a ride." The driver said.

The man in the suit nodded, walked to the cab, and knocked on the door.

"What happened?" Nathan stuck his head out of the car window and looked at the man in the suit.

"Can you show me your driver's license, sir?" the man in the suit asked with a smile.

"No problem, just a moment." Nathan retracted his head, opened his bag and rummaged around.

Chen Ke sat on the far right and saw P.W.A.T outside the window without saying a word, staring at him.

"Here, my driver's license." Nathan pulled out his driver's license and handed it over.

The man in the suit took the driver's license, looked at it perfunctorily, and then handed it back.

"Thank you for your cooperation, Mr. Nathan, where did you and your companions come from?" the man in the suit asked with a smile.

"We came from Pinglin Town in the south. We walked for a day and a night. We drank all the water, so we had no choice but to take a ride." Nathan said.

"Hiking is a chore, isn't it?" the man in the suit laughed.

"You're right, sir, you really should try it yourself." Nathan laughed.

"I will, Mr. Nathan, maybe I will ask you to go for a walk together in the future." The man in the suit said.

He looked back at the colleague who was scanning with the detector, and he nodded in his direction.

"Okay, I'm sorry to delay your trip. It only takes more than 20 minutes to get to the city from here. The nearest hotel is called Short Foot Fairy. The environment there is good and the cost is not high." The man in the suit smiled.

"We will go and have a look. Then, goodbye." Nathan waved his hand.

The truck driver got into the cab and closed the door. He turned the key and restarted the car.

The man in the suit walked around the windshield of the cab, glanced at Chen Ke, and suddenly stopped.

"Wait a minute." He waved his hand, signaling the truck driver to stop.

Chen Ke looked at the man in the suit vigilantly, not knowing what the other party wanted to do.

The man in the suit walked to the side of Chen Ke and knocked on the window.

"Any questions?" Chen Ke rolled down the window and asked.

"Can you show me your driver's license, sir?" the man in the suit asked.

Chen Ke took out the driver's license that Pihom had forged for him from his wallet and handed it over.

The man in the suit took the driver's license, glanced at it, and suddenly his expression was a little panicked. He held the driver's license in both hands and looked at it carefully again.

He looked back at the P.W.A.T team members behind him, and then at the other men in suits, as if he was trying to confirm something.

"Sir, your name is... Chen Ke?" The man in suit raised his head and asked cautiously.

"Is there something wrong with this name? There are more than one person named Chen Ke in the world, right?" Chen Ke wondered.

"Well... that's true, then Mr. Chen, can I spare some of your time? I want to talk to you alone?" The man in suit said.

"What the hell... I have to deliver my meat to Walmart quickly!" The truck driver said impatiently.

"My friend is very tired, and this truck driver is also in a hurry. I'm afraid I don't have time to chat with you." Chen Ke said.

"You can let them go first. When we're done talking, I'll ask someone to take you to your companion's residence." The man in suit smiled and opened the car door at once.