"This is simple," Sun Hang chuckled, "I have a way to ensure we’re definitely not the unlucky ones."

"You have a way?" Ya Qiaoxi looked at him, eyes full of doubt.

"Killing," Sun Hang smirked, "Isn’t it said that the death sandstorm only chases the group with the highest total vitality? If we become the target, we can kill the Hunters in the same team. If one isn’t enough, kill two, if two aren’t enough, kill three... if necessary, killing them all is not a problem."

"You’re not joking, right?" Ya Qiaoxi glanced nervously at the many hunters not far away, "If the others hear this, as soon as we leave the Yumen area, we will be besieged by everyone."

"Of course, it’s a joke," Sun Hang shrugged, "There’s actually no need to kill anyone."

"Just split the troops," Candle Dragon continued, "Divide one team into two, and the two into four... We can use this tactic, and so can other convoys, but during the time it takes for the death sandstorm to transfer targets, it’s enough for other convoys to pull away to a safe distance."

"As long as the enemy-seeking mechanism of the death sandstorm doesn’t change, having three convoys continuously split and merge will allow us to effortlessly tether the death sandstorm," Sun Hang rubbed his nose, "But the biggest problem with this approach is the tacit understanding between the three convoys, and the variables on the way to Nanhua Town—if the split convoys can’t regroup, the three convoys will become more scattered, and the chances of getting lost and losing members will greatly increase."

"Tacit understanding... haha," Ya Qiaoxi sneered, "Every one of these people harbors ulterior motives, expecting them to have tacit understanding might as well wait for the sun to rise from the west."

"That will depend on the ability of the team leader," Candle Dragon said solemnly.

Just ten minutes before departure, several guards from Spring Breeze suddenly drove the hunters and mercenaries standing on a patch of open ground to one side. Those pushed aside were about to curse when the sudden rumbling from the ground made everyone shut their mouths. A few people close to the open area quickly retreated, creating a large distance from the open ground.

The originally seamless ground suddenly cracked open. Accompanied by the surface soil crumbling and peeling away, a thick metal gate fully opened, revealing a secret exit ten meters square.

"Could it be some secret weapon?" Sun Hang looked at the suddenly appearing opening with interest.

Amidst the ear-piercing sound of wheels grinding, a massive object covered in dark gray waterproof cloth rose from the ground on an elevator.

With a loud "bang," as soon as the elevator platform aligned with the ground, dozens of metal locking pins popped out at the edges, securing the platform firmly to the ground.

"Heavy mecha?" Sun Hang frowned slightly, "It seems to carry the aura of a mysterious creature... is it Deceitful Equipment?"

Amidst the whispering of the crowd, the waterproof cloth covering the machine was pulled away, revealing a heavy mecha painted in gray and white, with a lot of black decorative stripes painted on it.

The crowd was in an uproar.

In a half-squat position, the mecha’s head height already reached six meters, its entire body covered with block-like reactive armor. The outside of its arms was equipped with a pair of exaggerated beast claw-shaped fist blades. Two heavy magnetic rail cannons were stuck in the grooves above the shoulder armor, and the primary monitor of the mecha was an enormous tiger head. But compared to a normal tiger, this head had three eyeballs embedded on each side, which were a set of omnidirectional monitors. The slightly rotating lenses emitted a faint red light in the not yet fully illuminated morning, like a six-eyed giant beast lurking in the morning mist.

"White Tiger? Why is White Tiger here?" Candle Dragon’s tone carried a hint of surprise, "Dragon City’s City Defense Army shouldn’t be involved in this operation!"

"What White Tiger?" Sun Hang immediately asked.

"Dragon City’s Guardian Beast, four top-tier war machines infused with Mysterious Creature Memetic Technology," Ya Qiaoxi said, "Or rather, four Deceitful Equipment modeled into mecha forms specifically designed for killing. Their names correspond to the four guardian beasts in Xiazhou Continent’s ancient myth, Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise."

"This mecha is the White Tiger among the four guardian beasts... But it should be in Dragon City’s top-secret hangar, why is it in Yumen?" Candle Dragon couldn’t help but frown, "Could it be that Dragon City intends to participate privately... No, without the permission of Dubhe Tower and the Federation Council, they couldn’t possibly activate the White Tiger..."

Saying this, Candle Dragon directly looked at Sun Hang, clearly hinting for Sun Hang to ask the mainframe why the White Tiger would be here.

"Could it be a replica? Or a mass-produced White Tiger II?" Sun Hang didn’t immediately ask the mainframe but rather scrutinized this imposing heavy mecha sitting there. He felt that inside this machine, there seemed to be a familiar aura.

"Who could be the pilot of this machine? It’s hard to guess..." Sun Hang muttered to himself.

"The four guardian beasts are unique existences. Due to the limitations of Mysterious Creature Memetic Technology, they can’t be mass-produced," Candle Dragon shook his head, "As for replicas... I saw the four guardian beasts at the Dragon City military parade twelve years ago, and I can be sure that this machine is the White Tiger I saw at the parade back then."