In America, my cousin, Supergirl Kara...

Before Li Xiao could even call out, Constantine had already darted into the car. Li Xiao got in, stepped on the gas, and the car immediately drove into the slow lane.

"Fuck... You can't just stop on the highway, you almost killed me!" The white female driver rolled down her window, ready to yell, but when she saw Li Xiao's handsome appearance inside the driver's seat, the "fuck" she was about to say was swallowed back.

"I'm sorry, ma'am, there was a minor accident on the road," Li Xiao said with an apologetic smile.

"Did you hit a passing animal? There are a lot of badger here, so be careful of young people at night," the female driver advised, assuming the bloodstains on the guardrail were from hitting a wild animal.

After Li Xiao explained, the female driver nodded and sped away.

Li Xiao glanced at Constantine in the back seat through the rearview mirror.

"Dude, you don't want to kill me too, do you?" Constantine swallowed hard, shrinking back towards the car window in fear. In the confined space, the bloody smell of Li Xiao, who had just killed someone, filled his nostrils, making him feel terrified.

"Can you stop having such a dramatic internal monologue?" Li Xiao rolled his eyes in annoyance. "And don't compare yourself to animals. These guys deserved to die. I'm not some indiscriminate killer."

"Haha, just kidding." Constantine lowered his guard and grinned, sensing the teasing tone in Li Xiao's voice. "It's just that the scene of you killing people was too scary. These bastards really had bad luck to mess with you."

"This is all their fault for being too ruthless, that's why they got this retribution." Li Xiao remained calm as he switched to gear 6. "We wasted a lot of time, we need to speed things up."

"Aren't you afraid of retaliation?" Constantine asked, having just overheard that there was a community of hippies.

"Who knows?" Li Xiao remained unmoved, saying, "Unless you leaked the information, in which case I'll be the first to come after you."

"Don't mess with me, buddy," Constantine said, making a gesture of surrender. "I swear to Jesus, I'll keep this secret to myself."

"Just kidding, look how scared you are," Li Xiao's brows relaxed. "Even if it leaks out, it's not a big problem. We'll just kill a few more scumbags. Oh, I forgot to tell you, a guy named Bruce Wayne and I are planning something big. Interested?"

Although Constantine is a smooth talker, judging from his previous raid on the sewers, his logistical work is quite good, and this is a good opportunity to fill in any gaps.

"What? Batman!" Constantine froze, then asked in confusion, "Are we going to Gotham City? And Arkham Asylum too?! Buddy, it would be a real shame if you didn't call me! I want to go! I have to see what Batman looks like!"

"So you're some kind of Hellblazer?" Li Xiao rolled his eyes, annoyed. "Don't make a fuss, he's just an ordinary person with the same name. I'll let you know what happens next. Let's get down to business."

Constantine scratched his head awkwardly. Well, it seems he was overthinking it. Apparently, there are no superheroes in this world.

The car sped along the winding highway like an old horse, and the road became wider and wider as we went further.

Where once there were scattered houses, now it's almost indistinguishable from a wasteland. Tangled bushes have grown overgrown, covering the broken guardrails, and the opposite lane is completely dark, with no cars passing by.

A hare or badger would occasionally dart out from the dark bushes, but Li Xiao remained calm and easily dodged them by simply adjusting his direction. This smooth and effortless maneuver left Constantine speechless.

"Your reaction speed is good enough to drive an Formula 1 car."

"I don't want to have my neck pulled out like a tree stump," Li Xiao replied without turning his head.

"You have to give up something to gain something," Constantine grinned.

Forty minutes later, the car smoothly exited the highway. Thanks to the fact that 90% of highways in the United States are toll-free, Li Xiao saved several hundred dollars in toll fees. Perhaps he simply didn't want to pay for highway maintenance.

Li Xiao intentionally slowed down his speed before the speed check to avoid being caught speeding.

As the car drove on the asphalt road, Li Xiao could clearly feel that the surrounding environment had improved a lot. There were more and more exquisitely decorated little wooden houses on both sides of the road, all of which were mottled white like cream cakes.

The roadside signs indicated that this was a small village called Danny Town. After driving in, Li Xiao found that although it was small, it had everything he needed.

With a gas station, a 24-hour supermarket, and a winery with oak barrels at the entrance, it looks more like a charming resort town.

"Where to go next?" Li Xiao slowly drove the car onto the candy-jar-shaped road, which was decorated with tiny marigolds.

Constantine pulled out a map, looked up at the landmarks, glanced north, and then pointed to the concrete road crisscrossing the fir trees on the right: "That's it. Drive all the way to the end. I deduce that this is the only road to the gold mines."

"it is good"

Li Xiao nodded and then slowly accelerated. The cement road was in bad condition, with potholes, gravel, and spiderweb-like cracks. Even the best driver couldn't avoid the obstacles on the road.

Constantine bounced around in the car like a cotton ball, his head hitting the roof from time to time, making hissing sounds as he gasped for air.

Surrounded by towering fir trees, the air is filled with the distinctive scent of pine resin, creating a stark contrast between the tranquil, dark environment and the town's laid-back atmosphere.

After passing this section of road, the road ahead became even more difficult to travel, with the ground covered in soft, mushy mud.

Li Xiao's skillful driving experience prevented the car from getting stuck in the mud. At first, there were some tire tracks on the road, but the further in you went, the deeper the potholes became, and it was basically a primitive area rarely visited by people.

Looking around, the dark pine and cypress branches rustled in the forest breeze, and the ground showed traces of mud washing away the earth, vaguely resembling animal footprints.

The surrounding pine branches swept across the pickup truck's rearview mirror, the dense needles wedged into the grooves of the lens, like two green earmuffs.

The tire treads on the wheel rims mercilessly crushed the dead branches on the ground, and the occasional bumps against protruding sharp stones inevitably caused the car to veer off course.

"Don't let the tires get flat," Li Xiao thought to himself. In this godforsaken place, a car breaking down is basically like throwing a can of luncheon meat at a grizzly bear or other wild animal.

After driving for more than half an hour, the car finally drove out of the desolate coniferous forest, but the road conditions ahead made Li Xiao slam on the brakes.

Before us lay piles of jagged, tile-like limestone rocks, stretching out on a steep slope as far as the eye could see. If a pickup truck were to recklessly drive through this godforsaken place, it would surely overturn.

Are you sure this is the right way?

Li Xiao was a little suspicious; this rocky beach didn't look like a route anyone had taken to pan for gold.

“That’s right,” Constantine said, his eyes glued to the map. “We should be close to our destination once we get past this area. Most of the mines in America have been developed by humans; there’s not a soul in sight here, which further proves that gold can be found.”

"I'll trust you one last time." Li Xiao turned off the car; they couldn't drive on this stretch of road.