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

Inside the police station command center.

Li Mingyu's roar and the crisp sound of the glass shattering still echoed, but were quickly swallowed up by a deathly silence.

The shadow of failure loomed over everyone's heart; it was the humiliation of watching helplessly as the devil swaggered away.

Su Qingge leaned against the wall, silent. Her phoenix eyes, which always burned with flames, were now only cold ashes.

Only Lin Chen returned to his seat, refusing to participate in any angry or frustrated discussion.

He simply sat quietly, as if the thrilling psychological battle that had just taken place had nothing to do with him.

He didn't rest, but his brain was working at an unprecedented speed.

The smile and the look in Gao Ya's eyes before she left kept replaying in his mind.

It wasn't the relief of a fugitive surviving a disaster, nor the fear of being exposed.

It was a morbid, manic excitement.

It's like when a beloved toy is broken by an ignorant child, he doesn't cry or make a fuss; instead, he decides to tear down the entire house to build a more magnificent and splendid tomb.

Lin Chen's pupils suddenly contracted.

He concluded that elegance would not escape.

An extreme perfectionist who views killing as art and corpses as musical instruments would never slink away with his tail between his legs after his "piano room" has been brutally destroyed.

He will make up for this tainted regret with a grander, bloodier, and more perfect "final chapter".

He was about to play his final, swan song!

Thinking of this, Lin Chen suddenly stood up and walked straight to the archives room.

"Hey! Lin Chen, where are you going?"

Su Qingge called out subconsciously.

Lin Chen didn't turn around, only leaving behind a single sentence.

"He can't escape."

Amidst everyone's astonished gazes, Lin Chen retrieved all of Gao Ya's personal assets, company information, and all of his donation records in Jiangcheng over the past ten years.

Throughout the night, the people in the command post changed shifts, but in Lin Chen's corner, the light remained on forever.

He was surrounded by a mountain of financial statements and architectural drawings, with coffee cups piled up in front of him.

He was like a tireless supercomputer, frantically filtering, comparing, and eliminating.

Su Qingge considered asking him several times, but seeing his focused and almost oblivious state, she ultimately chose to remain silent.

She simply had the logistics staff bring over a few more cups of hot coffee and placed them on the corner of his desk.

The next morning, the first rays of sunlight pierced through the clouds and shone into the smoke-filled command post.

Lin Chen's eyes were bloodshot, but his gaze was frighteningly bright.

His finger slowly stopped on an old, yellowed drawing that had been almost forgotten, amidst a pile of messy drawings.

The title of the blueprints reads: "[Jiangcheng No.1 Middle School, Old Campus Auditorium Renovation Project (Charitable Donation)]".

Donor: Gao Ya.

Time: Ten years ago.

Lin Chen's breathing almost stopped at that moment.

In his mind, two seemingly unrelated clues suddenly collided!

The narrow mezzanine space of the practice room generates a lot of muddy standing waves, and for someone like Gao Ya, who suffers from auditory synesthesia, the timbre there is by no means "perfect".

Ten years ago, this grand auditorium was renovated under the guise of "improving the acoustics," with the walls being altered and a giant crystal chandelier installed!

A single thought cleaved through the fog like lightning.

Therefore, the old practice room is not the final "concert hall".

It's just a "mixing room"!

A preparation room used to process "accessories" (corpses) and adjust their "acoustic properties"!

The real final stage is the old campus auditorium, which has been abandoned for five years and is now deserted!

A perfect slaughterhouse.

The final stage for a madman.

Just as Lin Chen's reasoning was finally verified, his phone on the table suddenly and sharply rang without warning!

Caller ID: Su Ke'er.

Lin Chen's heart sank, and he immediately answered the phone.

On the other end of the phone, Su Ke'er's voice came through, trembling with sobs and heavy breathing, barely audible.

"Lin...Lin Chen...save me..."

"I...I'm in the old campus area, looking for a rare sheet music...I saw it...I saw the elegant car!"

"That black Bentley...it was parked right in front of the abandoned auditorium...I'm so scared..."

Su Ke'er's voice was filled with fear.

Lin Chen was about to speak to comfort her and tell her to hide immediately.

Suddenly, a dull thud of something heavy falling to the ground came from the other end of the phone, followed by a short exclamation from Su Ke'er!

Immediately afterwards, the call was abruptly disconnected.

All that remained was the busy tone of "beep...beep...beep...", which pierced Lin Chen's eardrums like a cold awl.

found it.

He found it too.

Lin Chen's eyes turned extremely cold in an instant.

All the fatigue and bloodshot eyes were washed away by an overwhelming killing intent.

[Ding! S-class criminal detected committing a crime, emergency mission triggered!]

[Mission Name: The Final Concert]

[Mission Description: The madman's final act has begun, and the final "instrument" is in place. Host, please immediately proceed to the auditorium of Jiangcheng No. 1 Middle School's old campus to rescue hostage Su Ke'er and capture serial killer Gao Ya!]

[Mission Reward: Intermediate Body Enhancement Agent!]

Lin Chen suddenly stood up, causing the chair to tip backward with a loud crash.

He didn't even glance at the reward, grabbed the car keys on the table, and rushed outside.

"Lin Chen!"

Su Qingge was startled by this sudden turn of events and stood up.

Lin Chen's steps did not falter at all, leaving behind only a cold and urgent command.

"Elegance resides in the old campus auditorium!"

"He kidnapped Kerr!"

"Gather all available personnel immediately! Surround that area!"

Before he finished speaking, his figure had already disappeared through the doorway.

Su Qingge's face turned deathly pale instantly.

Her mind went blank, almost completely blank.

Ke'er.

Her best friend.

The biting cold made her hand holding the walkie-talkie tremble for a moment.

But just a second later, that fear was replaced by overwhelming anger and the absolute rationality of a criminal investigator.

She grabbed the walkie-talkie and, in an almost roaring voice, issued the highest-level operational order.

"Emergency call! All units! All units! Assemble immediately at the old campus auditorium!"

"The target has appeared elegantly! and taken hostages!"

"Repeat! Target has appeared elegantly! And taken hostages! Level A alert! Firing permitted!"

The entire police station was completely detonated in that instant!

The sirens wailed throughout the sky!

Inside the parking lot, a dark gray Audi RS7 let out a suppressed, beast-like roar.

Lin Chen floored the accelerator!

The V8 engine was no longer just a mechanical roar, but a furious howl from his chest, tearing apart the tranquility of the morning.

The tires left a charred mark on the ground, and the car sped out of the police station gate in a launch-like motion!