Their jeeps sped through the night, so close to the Street family’s vehicles that they were nearly scraping against each other. The slight bumps and brushes made everyone’s hearts race. If not for Echo’s strict order not to fire first, the Dark family-who lived by the principle of striking first-would have already opened fire.
“Shit! Slow the fuck down!” someone yelled from the back.
“Calm the hell down, idiot!” another snapped.
A string of curses flew between vehicles as they jostled against each other.
But surprisingly, even though the Street family’s men were spitting out foul-mouthed insults, they didn’t engage. They kept driving, shouting, and cursing, but they didn’t make a move to fight-at least, not yet.
Ryan furrowed his brow, glancing at Hawk in the dim light.
What was going on? The Street family members shouldn’t be this incompetent. How could such a minor collision and friction let them slip through so easily? It felt like they were constantly changing direction, and that couldn’t be a coincidence.
Ryan and the others were smart and quickly realized what Echo had done. Otherwise, the other side wouldn’t be acting so chaotically.
At that moment, Echo didn’t overthink it. She slammed the gas pedal down, charging forward. It seemed Tiger hadn’t let her down; he had opened a path for her. But the distraction could only last a moment-without a call, she knew this kind of long-distance disturbance wouldn’t hold for more than thirty seconds. Her time was running out.
It was pure madness. Before the Street family could fully execute their response to the disruption, Echo couldn’t wait any longer and crashed into the last line of their defenses.
Noticing vehicles turning ahead, she understood that time was life. There wasn’t any time to dodge or maneuver; she took a deep breath and charged straight ahead, slamming into the back of the Jeep in front of her.
The open-top Jeep was solid at the front but empty at the back. Echo’s fierce impact sent it flipping over. She quickly pressed the gas, not bothering to check behind her as she sped into the vast desert.
The Street family members who got flipped didn’t have time to react before several vehicles following Echo crashed into them, sending them flying further away.
In an instant, all of the Dark family’s cars burst through the encirclement, racing towards the desert right under their enemies’ noses.
The ground was sinking, and Echo could feel the downward force intensifying, almost dragging the tires down. She gritted her teeth and pushed the Jeep to its limit.
Ryan and the others stayed silent, following Echo’s lead as they broke free from the Street family’s trap.
It was dangerous, but there was a slim chance of survival. The real danger lay ahead. They had no idea how massive the pyramid was, but Echo and Ryan did. It was about five or six hundred meters wide, and over a thousand meters tall. The sheer height of the collapsed structure would lead to a powerful ground collapse.
It was absolute madness. Echo felt like she’d never driven such a difficult vehicle. The tires felt like they were glued to the ground, and she could only manage to go a hundred kilometers an hour despite flooring it at two hundred. The immense force from the ground kept pulling the car down.
Screams, chaos, and fleeing members of the Street family were left far behind. As the Dark family’s gunfire suddenly stopped, they realized something was wrong. But before they could react, the terrifying ground collapse began, pulling them into a frenzy.
The pyramid had collapsed. It was one of the largest pyramids ever discovered. With the explosives and ancient Egyptians’ protective measures, it all crumbled. The once-thousand-meter-high space suddenly compressed, exposing hundreds of meters of ground as yellow sand flowed down like water, funneling crazily into the abyss.
T Town sat deep in the heart of the desert. While it had some water sources, it was buried in endless sand. Massive dunes loomed over the landscape, and now, pulled by the immense gravitational force, they flowed toward the sinking ground like rivers rushing into the sea. The sand poured in from every direction, collapsing with unstoppable power.
The members of the Street family were screaming, panicking, and running for their lives. Echo, Ryan, and the others didn’t see it happen-they didn’t hear it either-but they could imagine the chaos. In their frenzy, every car must’ve turned on its headlights, which had stayed off until now.
Cobra glanced back, and sure enough, the desert behind them lit up as countless headlights cut through the night, illuminating the darkness like daylight. Through the bright beams, he saw waves of sand surging toward them like a tidal wave. And in the distance, a gaping black hole loomed-like a monster’s maw in the night, ready to swallow everything with suffocating silence and merciless force.
In an instant, all those headlights that had been scattering in every direction suddenly tilted skyward. Moments later, they disappeared completely, swallowed by the darkness and silence. It was as if the brief scene of dazzling light had never even existed.
Cobra turned back to face forward, his expression unreadable.
No one in the Jeep said a word. Silence-absolute silence-filled the air, broken only by the grinding of tires against the desert sand.
There was no fighting nature’s overwhelming power.
It was quicksand.
The Jeep’s headlights were now on, and Ryan leaned over to check beneath them. He saw the sand slowly flowing back toward the massive pit behind them. It wasn’t rushing, but it was picking up speed.
Ryan frowned slightly and looked back at Echo in the driver’s seat, muttering in a calm, steady voice, “Don’t panic.”
Echo didn’t respond. She knew there was no point in panicking. It was a race against time and sand-win, and they’d survive. Lose, and they’d all be buried.
Inside the Jeep and clinging to its sides, every member of the Dark family stayed dead silent. They followed Echo without a word, locked in a life-and-death pursuit where the stakes couldn’t be higher.
“Boss, Echo, are you out yet? Answer me.” Tiger’s voice suddenly crackled through Ryan’s earpiece.
Ryan responded coldly, “We’re out. Go get ready.”
Hearing Ryan’s reply, Tiger let out a long breath of relief. Ever since his last call with Echo, she had cut off communication completely, leaving him in the dark about their situation. Now, with Ryan’s confirmation, the tension finally lifted.
Absolute trust and seamless teamwork-this was what gave the Dark family’s leaders their edge, their ultimate power. And somehow, Echo had quietly worked her way into this inner circle.
Tiger’s voice came back over the line, determined. “Got it. I’ll make sure the Street family won’t get away with this.” With that, he cut the call and got to work, laying the groundwork for the next move against their enemies.
The quicksand was gaining speed, and Echo pushed the Jeep to its absolute limit. The vehicle groaned under the strain, its frame rattling like it was about to fall apart.
The relentless shaking made everyone’s faces tighten with grim determination. If the Jeep broke down, they were all heading to hell together, where they could start building a new Dark family from scratch.
Echo’s expression was grim, her frustration evident. She locked her gaze on the towering dune ahead and gritted her teeth. With a sharp twist of the steering wheel, she aimed straight for the dune and gunned it, charging up without hesitation.