BXBX NOVEL Chapter 592 - Work of Art
Not only did Rabbit obediently fasten her seat belt, but she grabbed the handle until her knuckles became white and made sure to lean firmly on the seat. She felt as if she was riding a roller coaster in an amusement park.
As her surroundings continued to rotate, enlarge, then shrink in her field of vision, motion sickness began to swamp her. She had no idea how Zhang Heng managed to drive in this state, let alone handling the Sphinx in pursuit of them. Even though Zhang Heng employed every inch of skills he had, the Sphinx was closing up to the X3 little by little.
This was never a fair competition to boot. After the Sphinx entered flight mode, not only did its speed increase significantly, it now held the advantage of bypassing ground obstacles. Although Zhang Heng could rely on the nearby buildings to slow it down slightly, it still wasn’t an effective method to draw a reasonable distance between the creature and them.
Rabbit thought she could hear the sound of the Sphinx’s wings flapping.
Although Zhang Heng dodged its first attack by drifting the SUV, the monster accelerated laterally and landed on the window of the passenger’s side.
The Sphinx’s human face stuck to the glass; its beautiful but lifeless eyes stared right into Rabbit’s soul, making her wonder if she was in a horror movie. The Sphinx then raised its paw to the glass, and with a single tap, the tough laminated glass started to shatter.
Rabbit shrieked, fumbled with the seat belts, and fled to the rear compartment. Then, Zhang Heng’s voice came into her ear.
“Do not move.”
As he spoke, Zhang Heng pulled the car abruptly to the right, and the X3 was about to slam into a wall next to him. A second before car contacted wall, Zhang Heng pulled the car back towards the main road. At that moment, they were less than two centimeters from the wall.
The Sphinx, caught in the middle, flashed across the rearview mirror. Before it could smash the glass and attack Rabbit, it collided and was dragged along the wall. Sparks flew when its wings came in contact with the brick wall. Once again, this confirmed Zhang Heng’s theory that the Sphinx was a robot.
When Rabbit saw the creature rolling on the ground, she finally let out a sigh of relief. “Did we kill it?” she asked Zhang Heng. “I don’t think so,” Zhang Heng replied, holding tightly to the steering wheel. At the same time, the Sphinx also reacted quickly. It started to wrap its body with its wings.
Zhang Heng figured that the Sphinx probably wasn’t severely damaged from the collision earlier. Soon after that, Zhang Heng knew he was right when he saw the Sphinx getting up again from the rearview mirror. However, its left front leg was injured, and it had developed a limp. Unfortunately, that did not affect its ability to fly.
The Sphinx spread its wings again, catching up with the X3 in no time. After the collision, the passenger window was completely broken. A strong gust of wind hitting Rabbit’s bangs made her nervous again. “What should we do?”
“Don’t worry; hold on for a while. We will be there soon,” replied Zhang Heng, glancing at his wristwatch. Although he was forced to reduce the preparation time from seven minutes to five, they still arrived at the rendezvous point 20 seconds before time.
Zhang Heng could only pray that Shen Xixi was ready to deal with the Sphinx. Not too long after it got back up, it flew and landed on the car’s roof. To prevent the Sphinx from entering the vehicle through the broken window, Zhang Heng had to drive against the wall all the time. In the end, the Sphinx had to attempt to enter the car from the driver’s window.
Zhang Heng reapplied the same technique and quickly steered the car against the wall. However, the Sphinx managed to escape thanks to the relatively large distance between the vehicle and the wall. In the end, the Sphinx attempted to breach the rear window. Now, interfering with its plan, was going to be a lot more complicated. Without any warning, Zhang Heng steered the X3 into the wall, crushing the Sphinx yet again.
Zhang Heng took advantage of this rare moment, stepped on the accelerator, and drove towards where Shen Xixi and others were without changing directions. At the same time, he turned on the intercom, “We are almost there. I hope you are ready.”
“Roger that. Do you have a way to force the Sphinx to lower its flying height?” Shen Xixi asked.
“It’s easy.” Seeing that he had reached his destination, Zhang Heng stepped on the brakes and turned the steering wheel to park the X3 on the side of the road.
Then he saw a dark figure falling from the sky and leaped straight into the driver’s window.
Zhang Heng’s expression remained unchanged. He watched the Sphinx pounced at him, but before it broke the window, it was hit by something. At the same time, there was a blue electric current passing through his body. The high-pressure nitrogen in the magazine pushed out the two electrodes from the barrel and accurately hit the Sphinx’s body.
Simultaneously, the battery in the gun barrel began to release high voltage electricity through the insulated copper wire. Everyone felt nervous, afraid that it would not work on the Sphinx. Fortunately, the stun gun worked wondered on the Sphinx. The high-voltage electricity rendered the Sphinx paralyzed. As if the plug to its power source was pulled, it fell from the car window, motionless like a mannequin.
Shen Xixi was relieved when she saw that the Sphinx was defeated. Although Zhang Heng had not told her that the Sphinx could be a robot, Shen Xixi had already considered the possibility when he told her to use a stun gun.
Rabbit then got out of the car and watched 1810 and the others tie up the fainted Sphinx on the ground with an iron chain, thus declaring tonight’s operation a victory.
“So the series of unfortunate events recently are not supernatural events?” Rabbit wondered.
“No,” Shen Xixi shook her head. “Although it was programmed, it was not possible to invent such a robot that could perform such complicated actions with the current level of technology. “So, Xixi, think someone’s behind it?” “That’s for sure, but I don’t know if it is a player or some other...”
Although the Sphinx had been apprehended, a frown still adorned Shen Xixi’s brow.
“If you think about it carefully, this thing has not done anything except to make people solve its riddles at night.”
“This is what I’m worried about the most. This thing is probably just a work of practice. We don’t know if the person would come up with something more dangerous in the future.”