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

"squeak--!!!"

A Audi RS7 with extremely aggressive lines, like a black lightning bolt, made an extremely ear-piercing tire screeching sound in the evening rush hour traffic of Jiangcheng!

Lin Chen held the steering wheel with one hand, his eyes as cold as ice.

[God-level driving skills], full power activated!

In that instant, Lin Chen seemed to become one with this steel beast!

He possessed a terrifying ability to predict the future, almost like having a god's-eye view!

"Boom—!!!"

The RS7's exhaust pipe spewed out eerie blue flames as it weaved and drifted wildly through the congested city streets in an incredible, even physics-defying manner!

Every brush past a car is precisely controlled to a minimum distance of less than three centimeters!

Sitting in the passenger seat, Su Qingge, even though she was a seasoned leader of the major crime squad, was pressed firmly into her seat by the feeling of being pushed so close to the ground, her face pale, and her hands gripping the safety handle tightly.

"Lin Chen! Slow down! We're not even in the suburbs yet!"

Su Qingge bit her red lips and shouted.

"There's no time!"

Lin Chen stared intently ahead.

"The last trace of that medical waste transport vehicle disappeared near Longshou Mountain on the outskirts of the city."

"There's an air-raid shelter there, dug in the 1960s, which was later converted into a military hospital and has been abandoned for over a decade!"

"That place is definitely Bai Ye's headquarters!"

Behind RS7, there were more than a dozen police cars with flashing red and blue lights.

Inside one of the police cars, Li Mingyu was holding a walkie-talkie and shouting frantically at the top of his lungs.

"All of you, drive faster! If anyone dares to mess up today, I'll skin them alive!"

Li Mingyu was absolutely thrilled!

He had just heard at the station that this so-called returned overseas PhD, Bai Ye, was actually the real killer in the serial murder case!

They even kidnapped hostages and escaped!

This is an incredible achievement that fell from the sky!

"As long as I can get ahead of that show-off Lin Chen, lead my men in, rescue the hostages, and personally capture Bai Ye..."

"Then I, Li Mingyu, will definitely wash away the shame of the past and become the vice-captain again! I might even make Qingge proud once more!"

Thinking about this, Li Mingyu's mouth was practically watering, and he desperately urged the driver to step on the gas.

……

Twenty minutes later.

Longshou Mountain, entrance to the abandoned underground military hospital.

Night had completely fallen.

The area is overgrown with weeds, and there isn't even a single streetlight around.

Only a few crows perched on the bare branches, cawing mournfully and hoarsely, adding to the eerie and terrifying atmosphere of the place.

The hospital entrance was a huge cave, sealed shut by a massive, heavy, rusty iron door.

"Creak—"

Lin Chen's RS7 came to a steady stop in the open space.

He pushed open the car door and got out, his sharp eyes scanning the rusty iron gate.

"[God-level Hearing]! Activated!"

Lin Chen closed his eyes.

Within a radius of 100 meters, even the sound of an ant crawling by was amplified infinitely in his mind!

"Tick-tock...tick-tock..."

That was the sound of groundwater dripping.

"Waaaaah... Help..."

A faint, intermittent whimpering sound came from deep within the iron gate!

It's Xiaoya!

"The person is inside."

Lin Chen suddenly opened his eyes, his tone resolute.

Immediately following, a series of screeching brakes sounded as a large number of special police officers brought by Su Qingge and criminal police officers led by Li Mingyu arrived at the scene.

"Quickly! Surround this area! Don't let a single fly out!"

As soon as Li Mingyu jumped out of the car, he began to give orders in an extremely arrogant and domineering manner.

He drew his pistol from his waist, ran obsequiously to Su Qingge, and loudly proclaimed:

"Qingge! You just need to direct from behind! Leave these dangerous frontline tasks to me, Li Mingyu!"

"Brothers from the SWAT team! Grab the battering ram! Follow me! We're taking down this monster's hideout today!"

As Li Mingyu spoke, he waved his hand, signaling to lead several fully armed special police officers to smash the iron gate.

"stop!"

Lin Chen's icy voice suddenly boomed through the night sky!

He stepped forward and blocked Li Mingyu's path, looking at him as if he were an idiot.

"Is your brain filled with E. coli?"

"Since Bai Ye dared to set up his headquarters here and deliberately left clues for us to follow, do you think there wouldn't be a trap behind this door?"

"Send your men back immediately! This door cannot be breached by force!"

Lin Chen's intuition has always been terrifying.

Under the warning of [God-level Danger Perception], he could clearly sense that behind that seemingly ordinary iron door lurked an extremely deadly threat!

However, Li Mingyu, who was blinded by the desire to steal credit, could not heed Lin Chen's warning.

"Lin Chen! Stop spreading these alarmist rumors! What are you pretending to be, acting all high and mighty!"

Li Mingyu sneered disdainfully, his voice so loud he seemed afraid no one would hear him.

"Aren't you just afraid I'll steal your credit? Let me tell you, solving cases requires swift and decisive action! The hostage's life is in danger at any moment, and you want us just standing around doing nothing?!"

"If something happens, can you take responsibility?!"

Li Mingyu turned to look at Su Qingge and said with righteous indignation:

"Team Leader Su! Time is of the essence! Please grant me permission for a full-scale assault!"

Su Qingge frowned. Although she trusted Lin Chen completely, there were indeed hostages inside, and the longer it dragged on, the more dangerous it would become.

"Lin Chen, are you confident you can open this door safely?" Su Qingge asked.

"Give me three minutes, and I can crack its lock cylinder structure," Lin Chen said calmly.

"Three minutes? The daylily will be cold by then!"

Li Mingyu didn't give Lin Chen a chance at all; he shouted directly at the SWAT officers behind him.

"Don't listen to him! Smash it! I'll take responsibility if anything happens!"

Several special police officers were already impatient. They raised the heavy steel hammer weighing over a hundred pounds, shouted slogans, and slammed it hard against the rusty iron door!

"Bang!!!"

A deafening explosion!

The lock on the long-neglected iron gate was violently broken, and the heavy iron gate collapsed inward with a crash!

"Hahaha! See that? Pathetic! Brothers, charge with me... uh!"

Li Mingyu's arrogant laughter hadn't even faded yet.

A sudden change has occurred!

"laugh--!!!"

Accompanied by a piercing blast of air!

A thick, eerie pale green gas violently erupted from the passage behind the door!

In an instant, it completely engulfed Li Mingyu and the few special police officers who were at the forefront!

"Ah!!! My eyes! My throat!"

Li Mingyu let out a shrill, inhuman scream!

He clutched his neck tightly with both hands, his eyes instantly turned bloodshot, and he fell straight to the ground, convulsing and rolling wildly!

Those SWAT officers weren't much better off. Even though they were wearing tactical helmets, the toxic gas was extremely corrosive and penetrated directly through the gaps in their masks!

"Ugh—cough cough cough!"

Several burly men instantly rolled their eyes back, foamed at the mouth, and collapsed to the ground, their fate unknown!

"Retreat! Everyone retreat immediately! It's nerve gas!"

Su Qingge's face turned deathly pale. She screamed in terror, directing the police officers behind her to retreat frantically.

The entire scene instantly descended into chaos, filled with cries of agony!

Li Mingyu's foolish act of stealing credit directly led to the instant collapse of the police's first wave of offensive, resulting in heavy losses!

"Gagaga..."

Just then.

A piercing, maniacal laugh, like that of a night owl, echoed through the loudspeaker mounted above the iron gate, reverberating in the empty night sky!

"Lin Chen...you really are a smart person."

"What a pity, your bunch of idiots are utterly useless!"

Bai Ye's extremely arrogant voice, filled with morbid pleasure, blared from the loudspeaker.

"This is a 'high-concentration mixture of anesthetic and nerve-corroding poison gas' that I specially prepared for you! Just one breath will cause respiratory failure and death within three minutes!"

"Lin Chen! Don't you call yourself a brilliant detective? Don't you think you can see through everything about me?"

"Now, I'm giving you a chance!"

"You're the only one coming in without any protective gear! Otherwise..."

A crisp sound of a scalpel being ejected came from the loudspeaker.

"I carefully cut open this young lady's carotid artery, one slice at a time, letting her blood gush out like a fountain on my operating table!"

"Hahaha! Come on! I'll be waiting for you in the depths of hell!"