THUMP! THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!

The rumbling of sheet-metal drums, mixed with the roar of engines, rolled across the land like distant thunder.

In the wasteland, dust billowed behind a dozen or so spike-adorned, iron-framed vehicles. In front of them, a lone motorcycle was being ridden at a frantic pace!

Shen Feng twisted the motorcycle’s throttle to its maximum, speeding through the wasteland with Firefly.

As they raced onward, he also listened to Firefly explain what a Seed Source was.

The humans living in the nuclear wasteland had all, more or less, been exposed to radiation—usually in excessive doses, which led to mutations and diseases in their bodies.

After generations of reproduction, humans without any physiological mutations were now few and far between!

And once a mutation occurred, it was easily passed down, causing the next generation to be born with all sorts of defects.

This was particularly evident in male genetic material.

For ordinary people, this wasn’t a major concern, but for the large, ambitious tribes, it was a fatal problem.

If they wanted to conquer more land and ensure their lineage continued, they needed healthier offspring!

Therefore, a person with few defects and not many diseases was known as a Seed Source.

And a healthy person who had never suffered any radiation-induced mutations was known as a top-tier Flawless Seed Source!

Of course, in Firefly’s words, they were "people who weren’t cursed."

One of the main reasons the Crow Tribe had been able to grow so strong over the past decade or so was that they possessed a Flawless Seed Source!

By continuously producing healthy, strong offspring and annexing smaller tribes through intermarriage, the Crow Tribe had become a massive tribe of nearly ten thousand people!

It was precisely these blood ties that gave them a deeper sense of recognition and belonging to the tribe.

However, these newly born offspring were not Flawless Seed Sources themselves, as their mothers often had their own genetic defects.

Over the past few years, the Crow Tribe’s Flawless Seed Source had been more or less used up, approaching a state of being drained dry. The quality of his genetic material had also declined significantly, so the Crow Tribe was in urgent need of a new Flawless Seed Source to continue their lineage!

It was said that anyone who lived in the wasteland for a long time would inevitably suffer from radiation exposure, more or less. That was why the Crow Tribe’s Flawless Seed Source was kept locked away in a deep underground cavern, isolated from the outside world, to periodically have his genetic material collected by the tribe.

After hearing all this, Shen Feng couldn’t help but curse inwardly.

’If I get caught by these people, I’ll be turned into a breeding stud and forced to live a dark, sunless life like livestock!’

SWISH! With a soft whoosh, an iron Javelin as thick as a finger flew past the front of the motorcycle and plunged deep into the ground.

Shen Feng turned his head and saw the pursuers on the iron-framed vehicles behind him raising Javelins, preparing to throw them at him!

These Javelins were all made from rebar with extremely sharp tips. Getting hit by one would mean being pierced straight through!

BANG! A Burning Bottle filled with gasoline shattered in front of the motorcycle, instantly erupting into a ball of flame.

Shen Feng ducked low, driving through the flames, and shouted to Firefly behind him:

"Get in my arms!"

Hearing him, Firefly nimbly climbed from Shen Feng’s back to his front, settling into his arms in a tight, face-to-face embrace.

At the same time, Shen Feng’s eyes narrowed, and the skin on his back slowly turned to stone.

ZING! With a piercing screech of metal, a Javelin scraped against Shen Feng’s back and ricocheted away, even kicking up a shower of sparks.

Firefly’s face turned deathly pale. If she hadn’t moved to the front just now, her body would have been pierced through!

In the distance, two iron-framed vehicles sped forward. It was Grey Feather, Scar, and their men!

They had already broken free of the town chief’s attempts to stop them. Thanks to their modified vehicles, they were faster than the others and had quickly caught up.

"Grey Feather! Grey Feather!"

"By the Great God Jingwei, the Crow Tribe is eternal!"

"The Crow is eternal!"

Seeing Grey Feather, the tribe’s hunters cheered and roared. He clearly held immense prestige within the tribe.

"Capture the Seed Source! You can wound him, but he must be taken alive! And that woman! Her value is no less than the Seed Source’s! She must be captured completely unharmed!" Grey Feather roared. "Beat the war drums! Sound the horns! The Great God Jingwei will hear our prayers and grant us the Seed Source and eternal life!"

THUMP-THUMP—THUMP-THUMP— 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

The sheet-metal drums thundered, even drowning out the roar of the engines.

BWOOOOM—

BWOOOOM—

The passengers in the iron-framed vehicles blew on Spiral Horns taken from mutated bulls, their calls answering the rumbling drums!

For a moment, the roar of the engines, the thundering drums, and the blaring horns intertwined, making everyone present feel their blood boil as their faces twisted in a frenzy.

The war drums and horns were their trusted partners in the hunt, meant to disrupt their prey’s mind and scare them witless!

Shen Feng gave a chilling smile and shouted to Firefly:

"Want to hear some music?"

Before Firefly could answer, his silicon-based brain rapidly processed a data stream stored within and sent it to a speaker in his chest.

"Hahaha, MAD MAX!"

Shen Feng roared, and the theme from *Mad Max*, "Brothers in Arms," instantly blasted out. The rousing drums and music jolted the pursuing Crow hunters, who for a moment didn’t understand what was happening. Shocked by the music, their vehicles actually slowed down.

"Don’t stop! Get him! This Seed Source is a priceless treasure!" Grey Feather, realizing the music was coming from the Seed Source, shouted, practically delirious with joy.

"Throw!"

A rain of Javelins fell toward the motorcycle ahead.

Shen Feng gritted his teeth, enduring the impacts of the Javelins. He suddenly caught one with a backhanded grab and hurled it back with all his might.

THWACK! With a sickening thud, a Crow driver’s head was instantly pierced. The speeding iron-framed vehicle crashed into a massive boulder with a BOOM, bursting into flames.

Shen Feng caught another Javelin and instantly threw it back.

The Javelin scraped violently past Grey Feather’s neck and plunged deep into the back of his seat, making him break out in a cold sweat.

"Aim for his tires! Use the Burning Bottles!"

Burning Bottles exploded intermittently in front of the motorcycle, erupting into blazing fires. Amid the frantic music, drums, and horns, Shen Feng shouted to Firefly:

"There are some cylindrical things in my backpack, each with a string on it! Remember how I taught you to use a lighter? Light the string and throw it out immediately!"

Firefly immediately peeked her head over his shoulder, unzipped the backpack, and quickly found what he was talking about—several makeshift explosives as thick as teacups!

When Shen Feng set out this time, he hadn’t been able to buy any real explosives or ammunition, so he had to make do with a few large makeshift bombs. Although they were just firecrackers, their explosive power was even greater than a two-shot firecracker, enough to knock someone unconscious at close range.

He had originally intended to use them to scare off wild beasts but never expected they would come in handy here.

Firefly immediately flicked open the windproof lighter, lit the fuse of one of the explosives, and casually tossed it into an iron-framed vehicle behind them.

The driver and the javelin thrower stared at it, stunned. Three seconds later, with a massive BOOM, the people inside were thrown into chaos. The iron-framed vehicle instantly lost control and veered off to the side.

"Hahaha, it works!" Firefly laughed. She was already skilled at throwing, and she immediately lit the explosives one by one and tossed them into several of the iron-framed vehicles.

Deafening explosions rang out one after another. The iron-framed vehicles began to slow down, and the drivers of two of them were stunned by the blasts, causing them to crash into each other.

The remaining pursuers also slowed slightly, and the distance between them and the motorcycle up ahead immediately widened.

"Shen Feng, we’re out," Firefly said, rummaging through the backpack.

"Get back in place," Shen Feng said, his expression grave and his voice low.

He had only brought a few of them, so it was no surprise they were all gone.

The most serious problem now was that the motorcycle was almost out of gas. Soon, it wouldn’t run at all!

"We need to switch vehicles. Hold on tight!" Shen Feng whispered in Firefly’s ear.

Firefly immediately wrapped her arms around Shen Feng’s neck and her legs around his waist, holding on for dear life.

Shen Feng took a deep breath, suddenly decelerated, let go of the handlebars, and drew two daggers from his waist. He leaped up, pouncing toward one of the roaring iron-framed vehicles!