Chapter 128: Chapter 128: Reported to the Police, So Why Did an Armored Vehicle Show Up?

After Xu Ying took off her sun protection mask, Jeff’s pupils shrank. He recognized that this was none other than Xu Ying, the top influencer of the Desert Rescue Zone.

“Xu Ying? Why is it you?!”

“What are you doing here!”

How did Xu Ying from Rescue Station 032 end up in the 026 Desert Governance Zone? And how did she manage to get here so soon after their shoot?

Thinking of Xu Ying’s influence, Jeff’s mood plummeted. His forehead was already starting to sweat, and he was in a panic, unable to understand many things.

Even though he had asked Wang Hao about this place being close to a no-man’s land where rescuers rarely set foot, how did Xu Ying know about their existence?

The rest of the Lingsi Photography Team also panicked. They couldn’t understand how they managed to encounter Xu Ying in such a vast desert!

A thin layer of sweat appeared on everyone’s foreheads, and they exchanged glances, discussing what to do next.

Both Jeff and Vivian turned their gaze toward Feng Qingdai. Feng Qingdai’s dad must have a way to minimize the impact!

What they needed to do now was to bind themselves to Feng Qingdai and get on the same boat, so they could hide under the Feng family’s protection, whether Feng Qingdai knew about it or not.

Feng Qingdai wasn’t aware that the Lingsi Photography Team had already reached a consensus. Finding Xu Ying familiar, she recalled after Jeff’s reminder, “You are Xu Ying, no wonder you’re so arrogant, relying on your million followers and the Qiao Family as your backing.”

Feng Qingdai’s thoughts suddenly scattered, “You’re plotting against me with Qiao Yuxi today, right? The Qiao Family wants to bring down our Dingsheng Group, and their tactics are utterly despicable.”

She quickly spoke into her phone, “Dad! It’s the Qiao Family trying to harm us! It wasn’t me causing trouble!”

Xu Ying: ?

“What does this have to do with the Qiao Family? Did the Qiao Family put a knife to your throat and force you into the desert to photograph wildlife?”

Xu Ying looked speechless, “It’s fine to have an empty head, just don’t let water get in!”

“Ning Zexi exposed your shooting script video of mistreating the Big-eared Hedgehog.”

“Now netizens have already started to boycott your Feng Family’s Dingsheng Group’s products.”

Ning Zexi showed off his photography equipment with a satisfied smile, finally feeling vindicated. He put his hands on his hips and said, “This matter has been made public online, don’t even think about fixing it with connections. I will update the progress of this issue on my account.”

Feng Qingdai’s face instantly fell. She still hadn’t realized that she was already in deep trouble. “At most, I’ll just get administratively detained for about ten days and fined. What more can you do to me?”

On the other end of the line, Mr. Feng was eager to fly to the desert and tape his daughter’s mouth shut. “Qingdai, show a little remorse, don’t be stubborn. This issue has blown up and it’s not good for our reputation.”

“I’ve already started pulling connections for you, keep a low profile from now on.”

Hearing this, Feng Qingdai pouted reluctantly.

At this moment, the old flip phone in Xu Ying’s pocket, given to them by Chief Qin, rang.

After Xu Ying answered the call, Chief Qin informed them that they were already on their way to award Xu Ying with a medal and reward.

Xu Ying quickly hung up the phone and told the viewers in the live stream, “Sorry, family in the live stream, due to some special reasons, I have to end the stream now.”

Seeing Xu Ying end the live stream, Feng Qingdai beamed, thinking her father had already negotiated with Xu Ying’s superiors, who pressured Xu Ying to shut down the stream.

Seeing Xu Ying put away the streaming phone, Feng Qingdai proudly raised her eyebrows and hurled a threat at Xu Ying, “Just you wait, this isn’t over between us.”

“Dad, you work fast! When I come back with the Photography Gold Award, I’ll personally cook a big meal for you and mom!”

After hanging up, she told Jeff and the others, “What are you standing there for? Keep filming!”

Feng Qingdai waved at Xu Ying, “Give me the flight case, get lost as far as you can, you eyesores.”

Wang Hao hesitated, the old phone and the reason for shutting down the stream… everything was leading toward the direction he suspected.

Jeff and the others were delighted. It felt great to have a big backing!

They were just about to get back to work when Jeff stepped forward to grab the flight case, only to find the ground was shaking.

“Earthquake?”

Jeff was about to look around and see what was happening when he saw Vivian on the other side pointing in shock behind him. Everyone turned around, their jaws dropping.

In the distance, among the yellow sands appeared two police cars, with a wheeled armored vehicle breaking through the heat waves on the horizon, its camouflage gleaming in the sunlight.

The remote weapon station on the top of the vehicle turned slowly, the ominous black muzzle of a 12.7mm heavy machine gun pointed directly at them.

Even more frightening, following this flashy armored vehicle was a massive presence—a heavy tank they’d only seen on TV, like a giant desert beast ruthlessly crushing sand dunes.

The roaring grew closer, and Jeff and the others could feel the gravel under their feet shaking.

The moment Jeff saw the scene, he went weak at the knees, his throat tightened, “Weren’t we only violating public security regulations? Shouldn’t the police cars be coming?”

“Why are they coming to arrest us with armored vehicles and tanks?”

Does this make sense?

Seeing the scene, Feng Qingdai finally realized the true reason Xu Ying had to end the live stream. She thought it was because of her father’s quick connections…

“Why? We were just mistreating animals, why are they…”

Feng Qingdai was stuttering, swallowing hard, and hurriedly dialed her dad’s phone, nearly crying in her voice, “Dad… they’re not coming with police cars, they’re coming with armored vehicles and tanks! What do we do!”

Over the phone, Mr. Feng was hit by a bolt from the blue, trembling, “Qingdai, are you messing with me? What did you do?”

Before Feng Qingdai could respond, Xia Man snatched the phone from her hand, “Mr. Feng, this is the military. I’m here to inform you that we will launch an investigation on your daughter and the Lingsi Photography Team. Just giving you a heads up, please cooperate.”

After Xia Man finished speaking, she handed the phone back to Feng Qingdai, who was scared stiff, her hands trembling so much that she couldn’t hold the phone, which “smacked” onto the sand.

The Lingsi Photography Team was also dumbfounded. So this young-looking photographer wasn’t just an enthusiast, but a military photographer?

The desert guide Wang Hao was already frantically apologizing, “We really just came to photograph wildlife, we didn’t do anything else!”

Xia Man shrugged, “You didn’t coordinate with the Desert Governance Zone headquarters beforehand, how are we supposed to know if you really came to photograph wildlife?”

There was interference equipment on the armored vehicle; now all of their phones had lost signal, and any device taking pictures would be detected.

“Your phones and cameras must be inspected by us.”

Vivian, the photography assistant, quickly deduced that the tanks and armored vehicles didn’t seem to be targeting them: “After the inspection, will it be okay?”

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