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

Through the miniature headset, Jiang Tingxue's voice was clear, firm, and spoke at an extremely fast pace.

She clearly and logically recounted the fluorinated carbon crystals and preservative components under the microscope, as well as the entire logical chain of reversing the seawater discharge pipeline.

No nonsense.

It's all dry goods.

In a desperate situation where the entire network was paralyzed and radar was malfunctioning, this top aloof forensic doctor from Jiangcheng Police Station managed to tear apart Jack's perfectly concealed disguise with just a few drops of seawater.

Lin Chen listened quietly.

The image of Jiang Tingxue at this moment automatically appeared in his mind.

Wearing a white lab coat and gold-rimmed glasses, his cool face showed signs of exhaustion from staying up all night, but his eyes were frighteningly bright.

A slow smile crept onto Lin Chen's lips.

It was a smile that carried a hint of wickedness, yet exuded absolute confidence.

He raised his hand, his long, slender fingers pressing against the communicator at his collar.

His voice was deep and had a unique magnetism.

"receive."

"Well done, Forensic Doctor Jiang."

"When I get back, I'll personally prepare some medicinal food to nourish your body."

A few simple words traveled across the entire river via radio waves.

In the forensic laboratory underground at the municipal bureau.

Jiang Tingxue's fingers tightened suddenly on the individual radio.

Two stunning blushes instantly appeared on her face, which was usually stern and regarded by the entire police station as an iceberg of a snow lotus.

A blush spread all the way to the base of her glistening ears.

Her heart skipped a beat uncontrollably.

All I could think of was Lin Chen's promise, which was both playful and incredibly reassuring.

Jiang Tingxue bit her lower lip, completely unsure how to respond to such a direct and domineering flirtation.

pat.

She frantically cut off the communication.

The movements were so fast it was as if they were trying to conceal some emotion that was about to spiral out of control.

Miracle Island, outside the entrance to Hell's Corridor.

Lin Chen's smile deepened as he listened to the busy tone coming from his headset.

He took off the headset and handed it back to Su Qingge, who was standing to the side.

Su Qingge looked at the smile on Lin Chen's lips, and her woman's intuition made her keenly aware of something.

That sour feeling instantly welled up in her heart, but she just silently took the headset and didn't let herself react.

Not far away, Su Ke'er rushed over like a madwoman.

The little girl, her eyes red and swollen from crying, pulled the five still-shaken students into her arms.

Once she confirmed that the students were unharmed except for being frightened, Su Ke'er turned her head and looked at Lin Chen with a gaze that, in addition to admiration, also contained an almost fanatical dependence.

Lin Chenchong nodded slightly to her, as a gesture of reassurance.

He then turned to face the northwest corner of the island.

His eyes instantly turned cold.

The game should end now.

Lin Chen strode quickly toward the coordinates given by Jiang Tingxue.

Su Qingge opened her mouth, wanting to follow, but looking at the five students who still needed protection, she finally stopped.

She knew that the battlefield ahead belonged to that man alone.

In the northwest corner of Miracle Island lies a construction wasteland enclosed by barbed wire.

Overgrown with weeds and piled high with rusty construction waste.

This place was originally planned to be the largest deep-sea tunnel aquarium in Asia, but it was abandoned due to funding problems.

Lin Chen stopped in the middle of the wasteland.

[Divine Insight], fully activated!

A faint golden glint flashed deep within his pupils.

The world before my eyes was instantly analyzed into countless data lines.

Weeds, scrap steel, and concrete slabs—these obstacles became transparent in Lin Chen's vision.

His gaze pierced the surface of the earth and extended into the ground.

found it.

Thirty meters below the ground, there is a vast underground complex.

There was a faint but extremely dense source of electronic heat emanating from there.

That's Jack's super server array.

Lin Chen withdrew his gaze and fixed his eyes on an inconspicuous electrical distribution cabinet ten meters ahead.

The surface of the distribution cabinet was rusty, and a huge industrial-grade stainless steel padlock hung on it.

Lin Chen stepped forward and directly grasped the steel lock body, which was as thick as a thumb, with his right hand.

[Physical fitness doubled], terrifying power bursts forth from the muscle fibers.

His five fingers suddenly tightened.

crunch--

A sickening metallic creaking sound rang out.

The steel padlock, which was strong enough to withstand several tons of pulling force, was like a cheap plastic biscuit in Lin Chen's hands.

It was forcibly squeezed until it was deformed and cracked.

A muffled thud.

The latch broke and fell to the ground.

Lin Chen ripped open the iron door of the power distribution cabinet.

There were no wires or circuit breakers inside, but rather a bottomless vertical elevator shaft.

The elevator car had already stopped at the lowest level.

A cold, damp, fishy smell of seawater, mixed with the smell of machine oil, flowed up from the bottom of the well.

Thirty meters deep.

It's equivalent to a ten-story building.

Lin Chen didn't even blink before leaping into the air.

The wind howled in my ears.

His body plummeted rapidly into the dark well shaft.

When he was still five meters from the bottom of the well, his instincts for both god-level parkour and god-level rock climbing were activated simultaneously.

Lin Chen forcibly twisted his waist in mid-air and kicked his legs hard against the side wall of the elevator shaft.

The tactical boots rubbed violently against the rough concrete wall, sparks flying everywhere.

The terrifying kinetic energy of the fall was largely dissipated.

Immediately afterwards, he performed an extremely nimble tactical roll and landed steadily on the top of the car.

Lin Chen smashed open the inspection port on the top of the elevator car with a punch, nimbly leaped inside, and pushed open the elevator door.

Suddenly, everything became clear.

This is a wide underground passage with thick bulletproof glass on both sides, and outside the glass is a dark, deep sea.

The eerie blue emergency lights at the top of the passageway were flashing at an unsettling frequency.

The atmosphere was made extremely oppressive.

Lin Chen had just stepped half a step out of the elevator.

Suddenly, a piercing static crackled from the hidden loudspeaker in the passageway.

Jack's signature, manic yet elegant voice echoed throughout the underground space.

"Brilliant reasoning."

"That's truly amazing."

Jack's tone carried a morbid excitement, mixed with a touch of affected regret.

"Even a lowly forensic doctor can see through my trickery and get involved in this grand game."

"The Jiangcheng police have truly impressed me."

The clear, crisp sound of wine glasses clinking gently came over the loudspeaker.

"What a pity, Consultant Lin Chen."

"You're still too late."

Jack's voice suddenly turned cold, revealing a cruelty that had cornered its prey.

"Welcome to my underwater graveyard."

The voice just fell.

Boom!

The earth is shaking and the mountains are shaking.

At both ends of the passage, about twenty meters away from Lin Chen.

The ceiling suddenly cracked open.

Two massive titanium alloy gates, each half a meter thick and weighing tens of tons, crashed down with tremendous force!

The marble floor was smashed, leaving deep cracks and sending shards of stone flying.

Their escape route was completely cut off.

The path forward was completely blocked.

Lin Chen was trapped in a 40-meter-long enclosed glass passage.

But that's not all.

The massive industrial water pipes above his head, used to circulate seawater, suddenly emitted a piercing, metallic, fatigue-tearing sound.

boom!

boom!

boom!

The flanges at several key nodes were blasted open by directional explosives.

The immense water pressure instantly found the outlet.

Tons of icy seawater poured down from above!

The water crashed onto the ground with a deafening roar.

The water level inside the entire enclosed passage began to rise at a terrifying rate visible to the naked eye.

It didn't go past the ankle.

It reached past her calves.

It reached almost to the waist.

The icy, bone-chilling seawater, with its immense force, created turbid whirlpools within the narrow space.

In such an environment, ordinary people cannot even stand still; they can only wait for suffocation to come amidst extreme panic.

The central monitoring room at the deepest part of the aquarium.

Jack leaned back comfortably in his leather swivel chair.

The clown mask on his face had been removed, revealing a pale, thin, and somewhat sickly-handsome Western face.

Jack was swirling a glass of expensive Romanée-Conti in his hand.

The scarlet liquid clung to the glass in an alluring arc.

He stared intently at the huge LCD screen directly in front of him.

The image on the screen showed Lin Chen trapped in the water prison.

Jack's eyes were filled with a mocking and cruel anticipation.

He most enjoys watching those who consider themselves heroes slowly collapse, struggle, and finally drown like a dead fish in the face of absolute physical despair.

That was the most perfect work of art in his eyes.

"Struggle."

Scream!

"Let me see what other miracles you can create."

Jack muttered to himself, raised his glass, and gave a distant toast to the screen.

however.

The image on the screen, however, caused Jack's cold smile to gradually freeze.

The water level had already reached above Lin Chen's chest.

The immense water pressure is enough to cause severe pain in an ordinary person's ribs.

But Lin Chen remained standing straight amidst the rushing water, like a javelin.

He did not knock on the half-meter-thick titanium alloy gate.

They didn't even bother looking for a ventilation opening that didn't exist.

He didn't even show the slightest sign of panic.

His angular face was so calm it was chilling.