For a moment, I was completely taken aback!
Meng Haonan, the director of the municipal bureau, who was having a meal outside, was so shocked by the emergency report that he stood up abruptly, his face instantly becoming extremely solemn!

Without hesitation, he immediately yelled into the phone.

"Order! All on-duty police officers, cancel all leave! Public security officers, special police, criminal police, traffic police... everyone who can be mobilized, immediately! Right now! Fully armed, rush to the scene on Nanbin Road! Hurry!!"

The piercing sound of police sirens began to echo from every corner of Jiangcheng, breaking the tranquility of the night and converging towards Nanbin Road.

Director Meng Haonan's order was like a boulder thrown into a calm lake, instantly putting the entire Jiangcheng City public security system into high-speed operation.

Police, special police, criminal police, traffic police... all forces were quickly mobilized, and piercing sirens rang out from all directions, converging into a steel torrent, heading straight for Nanbin Road.

At this moment, the atmosphere outside Xu Ji Seafood Restaurant on Nanbin Road was eerily frozen.

Chen Xuanran, Xu Hanwen, Bai Susu, and all the members of the Special Case Team and the Ghost Team stared intently at the glass door that Luo Fei had locked from the inside.

Inside the door, after the initial loud bang and the screams that seemed to explode like beans, the sounds of battle seemed to quickly shift to the second floor, while the first floor gradually quieted down, but this quiet was even more unsettling.

"There's...no sound inside?"

Bai Susu's voice trembled as she gripped Xu Hanwen's arm tightly.

Zeng Jian listened intently, his brows furrowed.

"No, the sound is coming from upstairs!"

Before he could finish speaking, something unexpected happened!
"Clang! Crash—!"

A series of loud bangs as glass shattered came from the second floor of the restaurant! Everyone looked up in horror and saw that several windows on the second floor facing the street had exploded at the same time, with shards of glass pouring down like a torrential rain!

Then, an even more astonishing scene unfolded—one after another, figures wearing black tight vests, with buzz cuts, and wielding machetes were thrown out of the broken window like dumplings being dropped into a pot!

"what!"

"Oh!"

"Crack!"

Screams, the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground, and the sickening cracking of bones mingled together, creating a cruel symphony.

These thugs, who were just moments ago so arrogant and doll-like, were now like helpless rag dolls, casually thrown from the second floor and slammed onto the hard concrete floor. They broke bones and lost consciousness on the spot, with only a few still able to utter weak groans.

One of the young men with a crew cut fell just a few steps away from Bai Susu.

With a muffled thud, the impact hit her in front of her, kicking up dust that covered her.

The young man's eyes were closed, blood was flowing from his mouth and nose, and he was only exhaling and not inhaling; he was clearly on the verge of death.

"what--!"

Bai Susu screamed in fright and retreated repeatedly, her face as white as paper.

The horrific scene before her eyes left her mind blank, and immense fear gripped her heart.

She frantically pulled out her phone, her fingers trembling so much she could barely hold it, and instinctively dialed 120.

"Hello! Is this 120? Nanbin Road, Xu Ji Seafood Restaurant!"
Here… here there’s a mass brawl, so many people… so many people have fallen from the building! There are so many injured… so many injured, dozens! Maybe… maybe several dozen! Send cars quickly! Send more! No! Send all the cars!!

She was incoherent and unable to accurately count the number of injured; she could only give a startling figure based on her intuition.

When the Jiangcheng 120 Emergency Center received the emergency call about the "mass brawl with dozens of people seriously injured," it realized the seriousness of the situation and immediately activated the highest level of emergency response. The command center was bustling with activity, dispatching almost all the ambulances on standby in the city, sirens blaring, and rushing towards Nanbin Road at breakneck speed.

Just then, the sounds of fierce fighting, impacts, and screams from the second floor came to an abrupt halt, as if a pause button had been pressed.

The whole world seemed to fall silent at that moment.

Inside and outside the restaurant, all was deathly silent. The only sounds were the howling of the night wind through the broken windows and the occasional groans of pain from the injured on the ground.

Chen Xuanran held his phone tightly, the stopwatch function already set up on the screen.

The moment the last strange noise from the second floor disappeared, her slender fingers steadily pressed the "stop" button.

Her gaze fell on the bright red numbers on the screen—

2 minutes and 56 seconds!
Incredibly... it really didn't even take three minutes!

She looked up at the still-closed restaurant door, her beautiful eyes sparkling with excitement. Although she had a very high estimate of Luo Fei's strength, the result that far exceeded common sense still made her heart surge with emotion.

Everyone around was also stunned by the timing.

"Two...two minutes and fifty-six seconds?"

Zhou Xiaobei murmured in disbelief, his face burning with embarrassment. He had estimated it would take sixteen or seventeen minutes, but reality had given him a resounding slap in the face.

He stared at the door as if he were witnessing a miracle.

Wu Peixiong and Su Muchen exchanged a glance, both seeing the same shock in each other's eyes.

Their estimates seemed so conservative and laughable in the face of Luo Fei's terrifying results. Only forensic doctor Yuan Bingyan adjusted her glasses, revealing a "I knew it" expression.

"Squeak-"

Just as everyone was filled with excitement, the tightly closed restaurant door was slowly pushed open from the inside.

A figure, bathed in the light emanating from the restaurant, walked out step by step.

It was Luo Fei!

His clothes were slightly disheveled and dusty, but apart from that, there were no obvious marks or damage.

His steps were steady, his breathing was even, and his face even carried a look of comfort and ease after exercise.

The afterglow of the setting sun fell on him, as if gilding him with a faint golden halo. His figure, which was not particularly tall, seemed to everyone at this moment to be a towering war god, with an awe-inspiring and majestic aura!

"Luo Fei!" Chen Xuanran was the first to react, and quickly went to greet him. Ignoring the gazes of the people around her, she reached out her small hands to pat and wipe the dust off his body. Her beautiful eyes carefully looked him up and down, her concern evident in her words.

"Are you alright? Are you hurt? Where are you hurt?"

Luo Fei let her examine him, a relaxed smile on his face. He even moved his shoulders, making a slight cracking sound, his tone as casual as if he had just taken a walk.

"It's nothing, just a small incident, a bit of stretching. I ate a bit too much tonight, so this is a good opportunity to digest. I feel great now, much better overall."

Xu Hanwen and Bai Susu also rushed over. Looking at Luo Fei's seemingly unharmed and even somewhat "refreshed" appearance, and recalling the hundreds of gleaming machetes and the figures constantly flying down from the windows, the stark contrast almost made their brains shut down.

"Fei...Brother Fei, are you...are you really alright?"

Xu Hanwen's voice was hoarse. He couldn't help but reach out and touch Luo Fei's arm, then look at his back, trying to find some scars to prove that the fierce battle just now was not an illusion.

"So many knives...they were all carrying knives! How could you...be completely unharmed?"

Bai Susu nodded repeatedly, her face filled with utter shock.

Looking at their incredulous expressions, Luo Fei knew that their self-perception was still stuck at the level of street fighting.

He smiled, put his arm around Xu Hanwen's shoulder, patted him hard, and spoke with a reassuring yet powerful confidence.

"Hanwen, Susu, times have changed. Your brother Fei is no longer the naive kid who used to fight with thugs and get bruised back in Longshan."

There are some things you need to gradually accept and adapt to.

His words were spoken casually, yet they momentarily made Xu Hanwen feel dazed, his thoughts involuntarily drifting back to his days in Longshan County many years ago.

At that time, he and Luo Fei were both young and hot-blooded, and they often clashed with local street thugs for various reasons.

The two fought side by side, sometimes winning and sometimes losing. Often, after a fight, they would both be bruised and swollen, and they would help each other back to apply medicated wine.

Back then, Luo Fei could fight, but he was still within the realm of "human". He had never seen such terrifying strength as he is now, where enemy ships and forts were reduced to ashes with a laugh, and he fought against thousands of armed thugs alone without getting a speck of dust on himself.
How could it have happened in just a few short years? What exactly happened to Fei Ge?
This speed of progress is simply inhuman! Xu Hanwen looked at Luo Fei's calm profile and felt an indescribable sense of unfamiliarity and awe.

Just as Xu Hanwen's emotions were surging, a series of suppressed, painful groans and howls came intermittently from inside the restaurant.

The sounds intertwined, filled with pain and despair, sending chills down one's spine.

Xu Hanwen composed himself, took a deep breath, and stepped into the restaurant lobby with a complex mix of emotions.

The sight before him made him gasp instantly, his pupils contracting sharply!

The once exquisitely decorated, spacious and bright first-floor lobby has now been reduced to a scene of utter devastation!

Almost none of the heavy solid wood tables and chairs were intact; most were broken into several pieces, with wood chips scattered everywhere.

The ground was covered with shards of broken glass and porcelain fragments, reflecting a chaotic light under the lamp.

Even more shocking was the ceiling, which had several large, obvious craters with cracks spreading along the edges, as if it had been smashed by some enormous force!

And in these ruins, people lay scattered about! They were none other than those arrogant, bald-headed youths from before.

They were no longer the ferocious creatures they once were; each one was like a mangy dog ​​with its bones torn apart, curled up on the ground, groaning in pain. At a glance, at least half of them had fallen into a coma, and the rest were dazed and in agony.

The machetes they had been gripping tightly were now scattered on the ground, but unusually, there was hardly any blood on the blades.

Xu Hanwen carefully examined the injured and found that most of their limbs were unnaturally twisted, indicating serious external injuries, mainly fractures, but there were very few wounds with visible bleeding.

He immediately understood that Luo Fei had dismantled their fighting power instantly with precise and terrifying strength while unarmed, and had deliberately controlled the casualties. Otherwise, the people lying on the ground would not be the wounded, but the corpses!
What terrifying control and power that would require!
Xu Hanwen suppressed his horror and carefully made his way up the stairs to the second floor, stepping over the mess on the floor.

The scene on the second floor was several times more devastating than that on the first floor! The entire second floor looked as if it had been swept away by a hurricane, with almost nothing intact.

The density of injured people lying on the ground was even higher, with some even crushed underneath, only able to emit weak, piercing cries for help. The air was filled with a faint smell of blood and an atmosphere of despair.

His gaze swept across the corner and landed on Xu Qiang, the restaurant owner.

Xu Qiang was slumped in a relatively intact corner, his hands covering his head, his face pale, his eyes unfocused, and his body still trembling slightly uncontrollably.

His face was filled with extreme shock and lingering fear, clearly terrified by Luo Fei's inhuman fighting prowess.

At the same time, looking at his hard-earned money spent on renovations that had been completely destroyed, he felt deep regret and despair, and muttered unconsciously to himself.

"It's all over...it's all over...my shop..."

Xu Hanwen watched all this silently, his heart filled with mixed emotions, which finally turned into a silent sigh as he turned and went downstairs.

As he stepped out of the restaurant again, he heard the dense and loud sirens of police cars in the distance, which quickly became clearer as they approached.

The first to arrive were more than a dozen police cars from Nanshan Police Station. The doors were flung open, and dozens of uniformed and armed police officers swiftly jumped out and quickly set up a cordon around the area to control the scene.

The person in charge was Gao Xiaochun, the director of Nanshan Police Station.

Gao Xiaochun's face was solemn, and his sharp gaze swept across the scene—the wounded groaning all over the ground, the broken windows, and the group of distinguished-looking people standing at the restaurant entrance.

When he saw Luo Fei standing in front of the crowd, smiling at him, he was visibly stunned, his face instantly filled with astonishment and disbelief.

He quickly stepped forward, ignoring the thugs lying on the ground around him, and went straight to Luo Fei, extending his hand with a hint of barely perceptible respect in his tone.

"Director Luo?! You... what are you doing here?"

"Director Luo?!"

This title was like a thunderclap from a clear sky, instantly exploding in the ears of Zeng Jian, Zhou Xuan, Xu Hanwen, and Bai Susu!

Zeng Jian and Zhou Xuan stared wide-eyed at each other, both seeing utter shock in each other's eyes.

They had always thought that Luo Fei was just the leader of the special case team. Although they knew that he was highly valued by his superiors, the title of "director," especially the one that a police station chief addressed with such respect, was far more prestigious than the title of "team leader" in their minds!

Xu Hanwen and Bai Susu were even more dumbfounded.

They knew Luo Fei was a policeman, but... a bureau chief? When did that happen? Fei-ge's promotion speed is just like his fighting skills, it's off the charts!
Luo Fei seemed unsurprised by Gao Xiaochun's form of address, naturally extending his hand to shake his, and speaking in a calm tone. (End of Chapter)

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