Cave Refuge-Chapter 286 - 281: Away from the Urban Area (6000-word Mega - )

It was because of a sudden surge of curiosity that Zachary, through Divine Sense, discovered that someone was actually watching him.

Observing the private discussion about how to ’bump into’ him casually, Zachary first used his Divine Sense to assess their abilities.

From the conversation among the four of them, it was clear that Spider was the leader of the team. Through Spiritual Sense Scanning, Zachary determined that Spider had the physical quality of a junior Martial Artist. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

It made sense, being the leader of a scamming team, it was unlikely that he would undergo strenuous training, yet obtaining a Cultivation Technique and nutritional supplements through certain channels shouldn’t be difficult.

Spirit Dog was just an ordinary person. Although Zachary wasn’t sure if he had started cultivating, the Divine Sense revealed that his physical fitness should be above average.

From their conversation, one could surmise that, barring anything unexpected, Spirit Dog should be a tech-enthusiast, and typically, the physical quality of such individuals is below average.

The technical level of Spirit Dog must be far superior to the others, otherwise Spider wouldn’t have recruited him, and those with far superior skills not only need talent but also regular practice.

So from this point, it could be inferred that Spirit Dog had also begun to practice a Cultivation Technique and had used some nutritional supplements, but judging by his physical quality that was just above the average, he hadn’t used many supplements.

In fact, this was normal, since they only chose middle-class targets to execute their plans and also required detailed strategies, which meant their frequency of taking action was quite low.

While their earnings from each scheme were considerable, ensuring they lived well, the gap presented by cultivation made it substantial.

Furthermore, purchasing high-tech products was incredibly challenging nowadays, which meant Spirit Dog would receive some resource allocation, but not much.

There was no need to mention Butterfly, but her fair skin exposed on the outside was evidence that she was a Martial Artist; after all, even for them, obtaining makeup for daily use was difficult now.

Consequently, maintaining a beautiful appearance could only rely on the side effects of cultivation.

Similarly, among them, Thorn Snake, who had the most vigorous blood and qi, although dressed simply and not fond of grooming, displayed a beauty far beyond ordinary people, which was a benefit of a high Cultivation Level.

Listenting to the four continuously modifying their plan, Zachary genuinely admired them; after all, they were able to deduce Zachary’s personality just through observation, along with information gathered from the outside world.

Moreover, they could devise four or five different ’chance encounter’ scenarios based on the personality Zachary exhibited, and each scenario had several different branches of tricks.

Honestly, if their target had been someone other than himself, Zachary would have been intrigued to see what schemes they could come up with; but now that they had begun to target him, although they hadn’t made a move yet, the game had already begun, and he decided to give them a warning.

With a casual gesture, he took out four long nails and controlled them with Art of Controlling Objects. He opened the car window and directed the nails from Spirit Dog’s surveillance blind spot directly towards the tires of their vehicle.

Zachary carefully controlled the nails to slowly penetrate the tires, and due to the angle, the tires didn’t burst immediately; instead, they began to leak air slowly without anyone’s notice.

The nails didn’t leave the tires, and Zachary infused a bit more Spirit Power into the nails, preparing them for instant manipulation with Art of Controlling Objects in the future if needed.

If nothing unexpected happened with Madeline, Zachary was supposed to leave this place in the next two days. Whatever their plan, they’d need to follow Zachary to leave as well.

With a car, the distance from Pengcheng to Saxon County wasn’t very far, but if the vehicle broke down halfway, that would be quite unfortunate since the roads weren’t as smooth as they were before the disasters.

Although Butterfly, the plan executor, was extremely attractive, and Thorn Snake, even without dressing up, looked impressive, Zachary was not a lustful demon; he wasn’t interested in these seasoned warriors.

Without using Divine Sense to probe their bodies, it was clear to him that in order to increase success rates, Butterfly would definitely resort to unscrupulous means, and despite the most meticulous planning, accidents were bound to occur, leaving Butterfly in a precarious situation.

And although Thorn Snake was responsible for the final touches, don’t forget she was Spider’s little fan, her body long since taking on Spider’s shape; in the scamming team, there was no such thing as Platonic love.

Even though Zachary knew they were planning to make a move on him, he could not preemptively strike back, not because he was softhearted, but rather because their group was well-hidden, with many people nearby.

Even in ancient times, as long as it was a large city, regardless of a young master’s high status, you’d hardly see the kind of scenes depicted in movies where they snatch people on the streets.

After all, humans are social creatures. While they don’t live for others, they also can’t live under constant scrutiny.

If there had been no one else around, much like how he dealt with the Family Li member, Zachary had no desire to entangle with them and would directly send fireworks into their car at night, guiding them on a road of no return.

Just as Zachary had expected, his parents didn’t return to the car at noon and instead had lunch directly in the shanty. When they left, Zachary gave them a few decks of playing cards for entertainment.