You went on a blind date and presented an A-level wanted criminal as a meeting gift?

Lin Chen gently stroked the wire that was painted bright red with his fingertips.

To the average person, this might be the only chance of survival.

However, in Lin Chen's enhanced perception world, the red line was not wrapped with a copper core at all, but with extremely unstable chemical sensing fibers.

The moment the scissors are cut, even a tiny amount of static electricity can instantly ignite the entire bomb.

"The red line is the decoy, and the blue line connects to the closed loop. Once the current is interrupted, the backup battery will immediately activate the detonator."

Lin Chen muttered to himself, his voice very soft, yet it carried a calmness that sent shivers down the spines of the passengers in the cabin.

The middle-aged fat man, who had been terrified, suddenly widened his eyes and made a terrified whimpering sound in his throat, as if begging Lin Chen not to move.

Lin Chen ignored him.

His gaze pierced through the complex wires, locking onto the deepest part of the bomb—the tiny protrusion hidden behind the mercury balance tube.

It was a tiny chip the size of a grain of rice.

Jack's true detonation center.

That is the "heart" of the entire logic array, and also its only Achilles' heel.

at this time.

The numbers on the LCD screen have turned into glaringly odd numbers.

【00:00:10】

【00:00:09】

The entire cabin swayed violently in the river wind.

The silver beads inside the mercury balance tube were jumping wildly, less than 0.5 millimeters away from touching the detonation point.

The young mother in the cabin closed her eyes in despair, tears seeping from the edges of the sealing tape.

Lin Chen moved.

[God-level magic hand speed] exploded wildly without reservation at this moment.

His right hand drew a blurry afterimage in the air, so fast that the air itself made a faint popping sound.

A female tourist sitting next to Lin Chen hadn't even reacted yet when she felt a slight chill on her scalp.

The black matte hair clip on her head had already fallen into Lin Chen's hands.

"May I borrow this?"

Lin Chen twitched his fingers slightly, and the hard steel hair clip was instantly straightened at his fingertips like a noodle.

【00:00:05】

The wind picked up again from high altitude, and the cockpit emitted a muffled creak as it began to tilt very slightly to the left.

It's now!

Due to inertia, the mercury bead slid to the right, exposing an absolute blind spot of only 0.1 millimeters between the tube wall and the chip casing.

Lin Chen's eyes were as cold as an unmelting glacier.

His hand was as steady as a rock.

The straightened hairpin transformed into a black lightning bolt, precisely piercing the gap that was difficult to detect even with the naked eye.

Without the slightest hesitation.

There was no deviation.

Lin Chen's wrist trembled hundreds of times per second, and the tip of the hairpin precisely picked up an almost transparent nanofiber behind the chip.

Click.

A very faint cracking sound rang out, so faint that even the sound of the wind in the cockpit couldn't mask it.

That was the sound of Death's scythe breaking.

【00:00:01】

The scarlet countdown froze completely the instant that second ticked.

The rapidly fluctuating electronic background noise abruptly stopped.

Pfft—

A muffled pressure release sound came from inside the liquid bomb, and the originally bubbling, pale green liquid quickly became turbid and lost its activity.

The system notification sounded in Lin Chen's mind as expected.

[Ding! Phase One Mission Completed: Successfully rescued Ferris wheel passengers and defused the bomb!]

[Mission Reward: God-level Rock Climbing (Passive) is now permanently active! All attributes +5!]

Lin Chen let out a long breath.

Because he had been concentrating so intently, the windbreaker on his back was completely soaked with cold sweat, clinging to his skin and feeling icy cold to the bone.

"Waaaaah!"

After a full three seconds of deathly silence, the five tourists in the cabin burst into heart-wrenching cries.

The fat man slumped in his seat, panting heavily, tears and snot streaming down his face. His eyes were filled with gratitude for surviving a close call and extreme awe of Lin Chen's inhuman methods.

Lin Chen casually ripped the sealing tape off their mouths, ignoring their thanks.

He walked to the broken window and looked down.

……

Miracle Square.

Su Qingge maintained the gun-holding posture for a full ten minutes, until her arms became numb and she lost all feeling in them.

When she saw the countdown above, which had been flashing a ghostly red light, completely go out.

The strong-willed policewoman trembled violently.

The Type 92 pistol in her hand almost slipped from her grasp, but she held it tightly, her knuckles turning a ghastly white from the excessive force.

"He...he succeeded."

Su Qingge murmured to herself, and the tears that had been welling up in her eyes for a long time finally slid down her cheeks.

It's not because I'm afraid.

It was not so much the shock of being pulled back from the brink of hell, but the almost blind adoration for that man.

She looked up at the blurry black dot 150 meters in the sky.

At that moment, Lin Chen's figure was magnified infinitely in her vision, as if he had become the only source of light on this deserted island in the apocalypse.

At this moment, she threw all her identity, family background, and reserve to the winds.

Su Qingge had only one thought in her mind: as long as this man could live, she would accept even if it meant her own death.

Ye Qingcheng stood on the platform, her long fingernails digging deep into her palms, blood flowing from between her fingers, yet she seemed oblivious to the pain.

She looked at the figure high in the sky, her beautiful eyes surging with an unprecedented fervor.

This is her hero.

This is the man Ye Qingcheng chose for her in this lifetime.

"We won! Advisor Lin won!"

"The bomb's been defused! We don't have to die!"

In the square, the 30,000 tourists who had been huddled on the ground waiting to die erupted completely at this moment.

Cheers erupted.

A roar.

applause.

They coalesced into a terrifying sound wave powerful enough to shake the heavens, echoing wildly across the entire Miracle Island.

People hugged each other, and some even knelt on the ground and kowtowed frantically in the direction of the Ferris wheel.

Li Mingyu hid behind the flower bed, watching this scene with a face so gloomy it looked like it was about to drip water.

He felt an unprecedented sense of frustration.

That was a realm he could never reach, no matter how hard he tried.

Lin Chen not only saved the person, but also trampled his dignity and pride into the cracks of the marble floor.

however.

The revelry didn't last long.

Sizzle—!

The loudspeakers across the island once again emitted that tooth-grinding electronic noise.

The bustling square instantly fell silent again.

Everyone looked up in terror at the air, like ducks with their necks being choked.

The giant clown holographic projection reappeared.

Jack sat in that illusory, ornate armchair, his hands clasped together, and clapped softly.

Snapped.

Snapped.

Snapped.

"Fantastic! Absolutely fantastic!"

Jack's voice carried a morbid excitement, and you could even hear the tremor in his voice caused by excitement.

"Consultant Lin Chen, your performance just now was simply a textbook example of how to break a magic trick."

"That control over sound, that insight into microstructure, even gave me the illusion of finding a kindred spirit."

Jack suddenly moved closer to the camera, and the pale clown mask looked particularly ferocious under the holographic projection.

"But this is just an appetizer."

"That bomb was just trash I threw away to test your mettle."

Jack's tone suddenly turned sinister and eerie, sending chills down one's spine.

"The real surprises are just beginning."

"The countdown has started."