There was another big explosion, but this time, the entire convoy had been prepared in advance. Not only had the ground anchors been fixed, but protective partitions were also lowered outside the car windows. Although the power of the explosion was far greater than the first time, the impact on the convoy was minimal.

"Each car should check its own damage and report it," Ke Lan said, while quickly sketching on the tablet. "The revised new route map has been sent. Be careful to avoid the lava leech fluid scattered on the ground when you detour. In addition, car No. 1 and car No. 3 and car No. 4 will lead the way, and car No. 2 and 'Wolf Spider' will be in charge of the rear. All monitoring equipment should be kept on, and any abnormal situation should be reported immediately."

"I didn't realize before that you have a talent for command." The old dog who was in charge of driving said to Ke Lan, "When faced with an emergency, you were not flustered or panicked, and you handled it properly, and you considered the follow-up matters very carefully... If you were in the army, with this quality, you would at least be a military commander at the regiment or battalion level."

"I can't take care of hundreds of people." Ke Lan smiled, "But I am quite experienced in small-scale combat operations."

"Oh? Where did you learn this skill?" The old dog wondered, "I remember you have no military experience?"

"Arma 8: Operation Alpha," Ke Lan replied.

"What's Raid Eight?" The old dog scratched his ears in confusion.

“A multiplayer online tactical shooter.”

"Online games? Can you learn this in games?"

"Boss," Liao Zilang, who knew a little about this, added, "It's the civilian version of the virtual battlefield system we use in our simulation training. I've played this game before, too. Except for the removal of the VR mode and a few real battle tutorials, it's basically the same as the military version we use."

"Damn... So that's what it is. Why do I suddenly feel like I've aged a lot? I don't understand what you young people are saying." The old dog said angrily.

"This game is a niche game. Old Dog, you don't usually come into contact with these things, so it's normal that you haven't heard of it." Ke Lan comforted.

"Well, that's true. If I have the spare time, I'd rather play a few rounds of Landlord." As he was speaking, Lao Gou suddenly stepped on the brakes, and Junius's car slowed down immediately.

"We're being targeted." There was a hint of seriousness in his tone.

"I saw it." Ke Lan stared at the drone's image and saw three modified cars following the convoy two kilometers behind it. "It should be the Exiles. There are three cars following two kilometers away."

The shapes of these three modified cars are very strange: the front of the car, the car body and the wheel hub are full of rusty horns and spikes, the front windshield is covered with barbed wire covered with dust and mud, two broken skulls are decorated on the position where the headlights should be, and on the top of the car body, there is a long-range weapon similar to a crossbow.

However, Ke Lan had seen a similar car in an old-time movie. If he remembered correctly, the movie was called "Mad Max"...

"It should be attracted by the explosion just now... No, the explosion just now was a trap they set. This area is not the activity area of ​​​​the lava beetle at all. The big beetle was moved here by these bastards." The old dog muttered, "Dare to make trouble for the King of Hell, you must be so fucking tired of living."

"Are these people crazy?" Ivan, who had been silent all the way, finally spoke up. "With the armed strength of our convoy, they dared to follow us even though the ambush failed? Are they unwilling to accept this?"

"No." Ke Lan shook his head. "If they were that stupid, they would have died in the wilderness long ago... From the beginning, these exiles had no intention of fighting us head-on."

"Yes, it's the ouroboros tactic." Old Dog took over the conversation.

"What do you mean?" Ivan, who had no idea about this, asked again.

"You all should know that there is a kind of predator on Earth called the wolf. In the old era, animal husbandry was completely different from what it is now. Sheep were generally raised on open pastures. Under the protection of shepherds and sheepdogs, it was almost impossible for wolves to attack the sheep directly. In this case, the cunning wolves would choose to constantly harass the sheep, and each time they would flee far away, only seeking to injure them instead of killing them..."

The old dog grabbed the water bag and took a sip, then continued, "It's the same situation now. As long as they can disable any car in the convoy, we will have to abandon the damaged cars in order to hurry on. The car and the supplies on it will naturally become the spoils of the exiles."

"Mr. Hound, you worry too much." At this time, Yui, who was sitting in the passenger seat, suddenly said, "With the equipment level of the Exiles, they can't pose a threat to our vehicles at all."

"That's not necessarily true." The old dog shook his head with some contempt. "Beautiful lady, you should know that sometimes being too confident is not a good thing."

"I'm just stating the facts." Youyi was obviously not as respectful to the hound as she was to Ke Lan, "It's not what you call blind self-confidence."

"That lava leech just now." Ke Lan's tone was a little heavy. "If it hadn't been detonated in advance, the team might have lost some people."

As he spoke, Ke Lan opened the team's communication channel: "Attention, all vehicles, an Exile vehicle has been spotted two kilometers behind the convoy, be prepared for battle."

However, just when Ke Lan was about to issue the next order, he saw from the drone's camera that one of the three modified cars suddenly braked to a stop, while the other modified car, as if drunk, twisted and bumped into the back of the stopped car.

As for the third car, it slid nearly a hundred meters due to inertia, and only stopped its momentum when the car turned sideways.

"What the hell, what's going on?" From Lao Gou's radar panel, he could only see three red dots stopped, and the distance between them and the convoy suddenly widened. "Have these bastards given up?"

"No." Ke Lan shook his head solemnly and raised the tablet in his hand. "It seems that...something happened to them?"

"What's going on here?"

"It looks like the vehicles lost control instantly...but it is almost impossible for three vehicles to malfunction at the same time. It seems that the problem lies with the driver." Ke Lan analyzed.

"Could it be that a sniper shot and killed all three drivers at the same time? Do you want to go and take a look?"

"It could be another trap..." Ke Lan hesitated for half a second, then made a decision. "Car No. 4 and No. 5 stop where they are and prepare to provide fire support. The rest of the vehicles will keep driving. Layton, drive the Wolf Spider over to check out the situation, but don't get too close yet. Be careful."

"Got it." Layton's voice came from the communication channel. The "Wolf Spider" all-terrain mecha at the tail end of the convoy suddenly turned around and, driven by its eight long legs, quickly moved towards the accident site.

At the same time, Ke Lan also controlled the drone to fly almost close to the ground, trying to check the situation inside the modified car through the side window...