A small tent stood on an uninhabited island outside Singapore's national borders, with a fire burning beside it. Three men in matching uniforms were grilling a large sea fish over the flames.
Suddenly, one of the men touched his ear, his once relaxed expression turning puzzled.
"What is it, Heiger? Is it a message from headquarters?" asked the smallest man in the group.
"It's not headquarters. The leader of the United States' team just informed me that Fei Ke'er didn't leave with them after the competition ended!" The man called Heiger was a giant, over two meters tall.
"Lux, open the monitor and see where she is now!"
To keep constant track of Fei Ke'er's movements, these three superpower users had installed a tracking device on her. The precision and range of this device were high, allowing them to see her location even from outside Singapore.
Lux adjusted a small display screen from the device on his wrist, showing a simple map with a tiny red dot representing Fei Ke'er's position.
But strangely, the red dot was moving at an incredible speed, far faster than that of a regular airplane.
"Fenrir, it seems something happened to Fei Ke'er. She's moving towards our direction at Mach 24!"
"What? Mach 24?" Fenrir quickly finished the fish he was holding and grabbed Lux's arm. "It really is Mach 24!"
The blood vessels on his forehead throbbed violently—a typical passenger plane doesn't exceed Mach 1. Mach 24 was 24 times the speed of sound. Hadn't she left Singapore without taking a plane? Was she on a rocket? Was she heading to space?
"What on earth is going on? Was she kidnapped by some organization? Aren't Singapore's superpower users doing their jobs?"
"Impossible. Apart from rockets, have you heard of any aircraft reaching that speed? Mach 24 exceeds the first cosmic velocity!"
"Let's go, quickly check it out! At this speed, they'll soon pass by here!"
"Pa!" The three superpower users extinguished the campfire and immediately boarded a helicopter parked by the shore, rushing toward where Fei Ke'er was supposed to pass.
"Where?" They could see the red dot getting closer but saw nothing unusual in the sky.
"No, the radar has no response; it's not detecting any targets!"
"Below! They're beneath us!" None of the superpower users could fathom that such a fast vehicle wouldn't be a supersonic plane. Could it be a ship? How could there be such speed with so much resistance?
But in the next moment, they finally saw it. The superpower users' vision exceeded that of ordinary people. Despite the Mach 24 speed, they could still discern the moving object—a hovering car!
The entire body of the car was black, floating about ten meters above the sea level, with a strange blue device mounted on its tail section, from which an abundance of blue-green light emanated.
"Damn, the plane lost control!" Lux struggled to maneuver the helicopter, but all equipment failed.
The GN particles dispersed by the Solar Furnace could not only block detection by radars and similar devices but also affect certain equipment. Due to the special principle of the tracking device on Fei Ke'er, they could see her. Otherwise, she would have disappeared right under their noses!
"Then abandon the helicopter, stop them first!" shouted Fenrir.
"Leave it to me!" A vast energy poured out from Lux, instantly freezing the seawater below. He smoothly landed the helicopter on the ice.
Lux, a dual-element superpower user of water and ice!
"Whoosh!" The previously calm sea suddenly became tumultuous. A massive wave, over twenty meters high, was unexpectedly thrown up, crashing towards Fang Jueyu's Sun God.
Just as the water was about to engulf it, the sea solidified in an instant, forming an ice wall over ten meters thick.
"Fang Jueyu, they're here!" Fei Ke'er, having previously witnessed the methods of the three superpower users, instantly recognized Lux's attack.
As a water and ice superpower user, Lux had formidable combat power at sea, able to freeze vast areas with just a thought. His created ice was exceptionally strong, hard for even missiles to break.
"Are those the three monitoring you?" Fang Jueyu asked.
"Yes, it's them!" Fei Ke'er nodded resolutely.
"No worries, they can't stop me!" Fang Jueyu said. "Xiao Yi, activate the Trans-AM system for me!"
The Trans-AM system was a special ability of the Solar Furnace, increasing the speed and destructive power of the equipped body by three times through a burst of GN particles.
"Host, it's not possible. Although Fei Ke'er is a superpower user, her body isn't as strong as yours. If the speed increases threefold, she might not withstand it," Xiao Yi reminded him.
"Oh? Is that so? Then never mind, just crash through it!" Fang Jueyu said. The Apollo's surface material could smash even meteorites; mere ice was nothing.
"Crack!" The ice wall was instantly pierced at Mach 24 speed, yet the vehicle remained unharmed, barely even shaking.
"Impossible!" Lux was stunned. Even the toughest metal would be damaged at such speed. Was he dreaming?
"Gu Wan, come out and help me!" Fang Jueyu shouted.
"Master, I'm here!" Moments later, Gu Wan appeared beside the car, flying at Mach 24, maintaining a relative stillness with the car.
Fei Ke'er was startled by Gu Wan suddenly appearing outside the window. "He... he..."
"He, he's my bodyguard, don't worry!" Fang Jueyu assured her.
"Gu Wan, I'll leave these three to you. Even though they can't catch up, I still want to teach them a lesson."
"Master, should I kill them?"
"No need, just take them into the forest and under the sea!"
"Yes, Master!" Gu Wan stopped, hovering mid-air, seemingly contemplating the meaning of Fang Jueyu's words.
"Who are you?" The three superpower users looked at the hovering Gu Wan. They weren't unfamiliar with people who could fly.
Unlike Ancient Martial Cultivators, some superpower users capable of manipulating small gravity fields could fly, so they weren't too panicked.
"Into the forest, under the sea?" Gu Wan still didn't glance at them, instead scanning the surroundings. Below was the sea, so going underwater wasn't a problem. As for entering the forest...
"Hmm?" Gu Wan noticed a relatively large island not far away, with lush tropical forests.
A hint of delight flickered across his blank face. "I understand!"