Shadow the Hedgehog/Lethal Highway

Lethal Highway is located somewhere near Westopolis. It's lethal because it's collapsing and is located high in the sky.

The aliens have gotten the third emerald in the city and are done with it. So they're leaving and backing off since Shadow has annihilated their forces in the city. Now it's your choice to either:


 * Leave the city with aliens (DARK)


 * Stay with Sonic and destroy their warship (tank) (HERO)

There are no normal missions for this stage and the only way to get to this stage in story mode is clearing the hero mission in Westopolis.

Dark Mission
This mission is like normal missions since your objective is to get to the Goal Ring. The only difference is that you shouldn't ignore GUN soldiers and kill them to increase your dark gauge. At the beginning of every road section (where the tank appears) there is a bike you can ride on (except the first section). If you look more carefully you can spot a yellow car around too. I suggest using them instead as they are faster and more fun. Just be careful not to hit many larvas in your way.

Hero Mission
You need to hit and chase the tank until it's destroyed. Using a normal gun will take a lot of time and getting an A Rank will be hard.

There are a few methods you could use to get an easy A Rank:


 * If you have unlocked the special weapons, use Shadow Rifle to destroy the tank with a few hits. The first special weapon container is at the beginning of the second tunnel.


 * Unlocking the secret door will let you use two of those big white guns that the GUN mechs use. Destroying the tank will be a lot easier and faster by them. Check "Key Locations" section of this page if you haven't found all five keys yet.


 * At the beginning of the first road section, you'll see a small ramp in the slope. Take some speed and as you go on it, jump to have a high jump, letting you access the random item box. After a few times, you'll understand the perfect time to hit it when it is containing "invincibility". While you're invincible, your bullets won't decrease when you shoot, so you can shoot the tank as mush as you can and give it a heavy damage on the very first section.