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

Jiangcheng No.1 Middle School, old campus.

This place has long been a dead zone.

The ivy climbed the red brick wall like dried-up veins, and the broken windows were dark and gloomy, exuding a chilling atmosphere.

"boom--!"

The two heavy, carved wooden doors of the abandoned auditorium were forcibly smashed open from the outside by a tremendous force!

Wood chips and dust exploded and flew everywhere.

Lin Chen stepped into this realm forgotten by time, his body enveloped in an almost tangible, chilling killing intent.

The auditorium was deathly silent and eerily quiet.

The towering dome swallowed up the light, and the surroundings were dark and unclear, except for a beam of pale, blinding spotlight shining in the very center of the stage.

Under the light, there was a dilapidated grand piano with its lid open.

Su Ke'er was right there.

She was positioned in a "T" shape, tightly bound above the piano by countless thin, transparent threads.

The silk threads were stretched to their limit, digging deep into her white dress and cutting into her delicate skin.

She was like a butterfly caught in a spider's web; with each instinctive struggle, the threads tightened, leaving bloody red marks on her snow-white skin.

"Lin Chen..."

Seeing the figure at the door, a faint glimmer of hope ignited in Su Ke'er's despairing eyes, and tears silently streamed down her face.

Lin Chen's gaze passed over her and landed on the second-floor circular grandstand.

In the darkness, a figure dressed in a black tuxedo stood gracefully.

elegant.

He held an ivory-white baton in his hand, his face flushed with a sickly redness, and his expression was frenzied and intoxicated.

Upon seeing Lin Chen, he was not alarmed at all; instead, he trembled with excitement.

Laughter echoed in the empty auditorium, tinged with a neurotic sharpness.

"Ah... my most perfect listener, you've finally arrived!"

She opened her arms wide, as if embracing the whole world.

Welcome to my concert hall!

"My last and most perfect work—'The Symphony of Flesh and Blood'!"

Lin Chen's face remained frosty, ignoring the madman's ramblings.

The moment he stepped into the auditorium, his senses were already at full capacity.

[God-level Hearing Ability], activated.

The acoustic structure of the entire auditorium, the flow of every wisp of air, and the vibration frequency of every thread were instantly deconstructed in his mind and reconstructed into a precise three-dimensional model.

He "saw" it.

The line binding Su Ke'er was not ordinary fishing line, but high-strength special fiber.

The threads passed through a dense network of pulleys on the ceiling, eventually converging at a fatal point—right in the center of the dome, at the giant crystal chandelier weighing hundreds of kilograms!

Su Ke'er's body is the counterweight of this death trap.

Every heartbeat and every tremor of hers was transmitted through the silk threads, causing the rickety chandelier to groan under its strain.

This is a mad symphony played with life itself.

"Let her go."

Lin Chen's voice wasn't loud, but it pierced through the elegant fervor like an icicle.

"Let her go?"

Gao Ya seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world, and the baton in her hand drew an elegant arc in the air.

"No, no, my dear listeners, don't you understand?"

"She's not a hostage, she's a musical instrument!"

"She is the most brilliant vibrato in the final movement of my piece!"

Before he could finish speaking, he abruptly pressed the black remote control in his hand.

"Buzz—"

The sound of the machinery turning was teeth-grinding.

The silk threads binding Su Ke'er tightened instantly!

"Waaah..."

Su Ke'er let out a painful whimper, and blood seeped from the marks on her skin, dripping onto the pale piano keys and spreading out in bright red blushes.

The huge crystal chandelier overhead made a sharp metallic scraping sound and suddenly dropped half a meter!

Just then!

"Bang! Bang!"

The side doors of the auditorium were smashed open one after another!

"Don't move! Police!"

Su Qingge burst through the door, followed closely by Li Mingyu, whose face was ashen.

When Su Qingge saw Su Ke'er's miserable state on the stage, her mind went blank!

"Ke'er!"

She let out a shrill scream, and the color drained from her usually icy face!

The next second, overwhelming rage replaced fear.

She suddenly raised her arm, the dark muzzle of the gun locked firmly on Gao Ya on the second-floor balcony.

"Graceful! Put down the remote control right now!"

Li Mingyu, on the other hand, saw it as an excellent opportunity to redeem himself.

He completely ignored the warning look Lin Chen gave him, took a step forward, and roared with all his might.

"Graceful! You're surrounded!"

"Surrender immediately and strive for lenient treatment! Stop making futile resistance!"

The roar was loud, righteous, and full of police authority.

But to the discerning ear, it was a piece of noise full of impurities and vulgarity, completely ruining the sound field of his perfect concert hall!

"It's so noisy!"

The elegant smile vanished instantly, replaced by a furious rage at the desecration of her art.

His bloodshot eyes stared intently at Li Mingyu downstairs.

"You idiot, you don't deserve to appreciate my art!"

"In that case, let everything come to an abrupt end at its climax!"

Without any hesitation, he pressed the bright red button on the remote control.

"Snap—!"

A crisp, heart-stopping sound of metal snapping echoed from the high dome!

The main load-bearing cable connecting the crystal chandelier snapped instantly!

That magnificent chandelier, weighing hundreds of pounds and composed of thousands upon thousands of crystal pieces, lost its final restraints.

It crashed straight into the center of the stage with a destructive roar!

"No!!"

Su Qingge's pupils suddenly contracted to pinpoints!

At the same time, a series of rapid mechanical sounds came from the darkness on both sides of the auditorium.

Dozens of hidden compartments concealed within the wall decorations were opened simultaneously, revealing rows of heavy crossbows already cocked, gleaming with a chilling green light!

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Dozens of crossbow bolts coated with deadly poison shot out instantly, weaving together a dense web of death that completely blocked all paths of survival to the stage!

A close call!

Su Qingge's brain was no longer capable of thinking.

Save people!

This was her only instinct as a police officer and as her best friend!

Before she could even fire her gun, she lunged at the stage, desperately trying to push Su Ke'er away in the last second before the chandelier fell!

However, at the very moment she leaped up...

Lin Chen could clearly hear the faint whistling sound of the crossbow bolt slicing through the air.

The world seemed to slow down in his eyes.

The ballistic model took shape in his mind instantly, as precise as computer code.

The speed at which the chandelier falls.

The trajectory of the crossbow bolt.

And... the route Su Qingge took when she lunged out.

Lin Chen's pupils suddenly contracted.

Su Qingge pounced so fast that she was able to touch Su Ke'er before the chandelier fell.

But as a result, she completely exposed her unguarded back to a poisoned arrow shot from a blind spot.

She will die.

There is no doubt that he will die.