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

"Lin Chen!"

Seeing that tall figure, Su Qingge felt as if she had grasped the last straw, and cried out in a sob-filled voice.

Lin Chen didn't say anything, but gave her a reassuring look.

He strode to the entrance of the clock tower, glanced at Li Mingyu, who was slumped on the ground with a deathly pale face, and a look of undisguised disgust flashed in his eyes.

"Get out of the way, don't get in my way."

Lin Chen was too lazy to waste words with this idiot, so he simply kicked Li Mingyu aside.

Only one minute and fifty seconds left!

Lin Chen stood at the bottom of the clock tower, tilted his head slightly, and looked intently into the interior of the thirty-meter-high clock tower.

[God-level Architectural Mastery]! Full Power Unleashed!

[God-level Hearing Ability]! Activated!

"Buzz—!"

In that instant, Lin Chen's brain entered an overclocked state.

He slowly closed his eyes.

He automatically blocked out the surrounding sirens and the anxious shouts of the police.

All he could hear were the sounds emanating from inside the century-old clock tower.

"Crunch... crunch..."

That was the faint groan of the old wooden beams under heavy pressure.

That was the sound of metal rubbing together as rusty gears slowly turned.

That was the sound of airflow resonating as the wind blew through the dilapidated window frame.

Under the capture of [God-level Hearing], these sounds were transformed into sets of precise data, which flooded into Lin Chen's brain.

Immediately afterwards, the [God-level Architectural Mastery] skill began to unleash its power!

In Lin Chen's mind, the entire clock tower shed its exterior bricks and dust, transforming into a 3D three-dimensional stress model composed of countless luminous lines!

The main load-bearing column, the side support timbers, the fulcrum of the pulley system, the trajectory of the falling weight...

All the mechanical structures became transparent and clear in Lin Chen's eyes!

"Found it."

Just ten seconds later, Lin Chen suddenly opened his eyes, a confident and arrogant sneer curling at the corner of his mouth.

"This 'engineer' is indeed a genius. He used pulley systems and lever principles to turn the entire clock tower into a giant gravity balance."

"As soon as one side of the scale loses its balance, the hammer will fall."

"Conventional disassembly methods simply won't work."

Lin Chen muttered to himself as he turned around and strode toward a riot control vehicle belonging to a special police unit parked nearby.

Amidst the bewildered gazes of the SWAT officers, Lin Chen directly opened the car door and pulled out a Remington M870 large-caliber shotgun, all black and with a rugged design, from the weapon rack!

"Snap!"

Lin Chen gripped the handguard with one hand and, with a clean and efficient one-handed cocking motion, loaded a 12-gauge slug into the chamber.

"Lin Chen! What are you doing?!"

Su Qingge was startled by Lin Chen's sudden action.

"What time is it? What good is a gun to you? Do you think you can shoot that hundreds-of-pounds-weight hammer away with one shot?!"

Li Mingyu got up from the ground and continued to mock him, oblivious to his own mortality.

"Shut your dog mouth!"

Lin Chen gave a cold shout, completely ignoring the shock of the crowd.

He carried the shotgun and strode back into the clock tower.

At this moment, only thirty seconds remain on the countdown!

Tick ​​tock!

Tick ​​tock!

The sound of the countdown was like a death knell striking everyone's soul.

Lin Chen took a deep breath and pressed the butt of the gun firmly against his shoulder. The muzzle was not aimed at the mechanical hammer above his head, nor at the complex pulley system.

Instead, it slightly turned and aimed at a seemingly unrelated, even somewhat rotten, side-supporting wooden pillar in the corner of the second floor of the clock tower!

"Has he gone mad? Why is he hitting the pillar? That'll cause the clock tower to collapse!"

A police officer with an architectural background shouted in terror.

Lin Chen remained unmoved.

[God-level Gun Mastery] stacked with [God-level Physics Mastery]!

Wind speed, gravity, the degree of decay of the wooden pillar, the kinetic energy of the shotgun... everything was within his precise calculations.

"Physics isn't something only you can play with."

Lin Chen's eyes sharpened, and his finger pulled the trigger without hesitation!

"Bang--!!!"

A deafening gunshot rang out in the empty clock tower!

The Remington shotgun's terrifying kinetic energy transformed into a deadly metal storm, striking the second-floor side support pillar with pinpoint accuracy!

"Snap!"

With a crisp cracking sound, the wooden pillar, as thick as a thigh, was snapped in half by the slug, sending wood chips flying everywhere!

"It's over!"

Everyone closed their eyes in despair.

However, a miracle happened at that very moment!

As the side wooden pillar broke, the entire clock tower did not collapse, but instead emitted a tooth-grinding "creaking" sound.

Then, it was like the first domino to fall!

The internal mechanical structure of the clock tower has experienced a series of extremely subtle tilts!

The thick crossbeam that originally suspended the mechanical hammer shifted instantly because it lost the lateral restraint.

"Clang!"

The crossbeam suddenly sank downwards and got stuck in a brick groove in the wall that was originally used for ventilation!

It's stuck!

"Buzz—!"

The countdown has reached zero at this very moment!

The pulley system's latches popped open instantly, and a mechanical hammer weighing several hundred kilograms slammed down on Judge Wang's head with a terrifying whistling sound!

"what!"

Su Qingge screamed and covered her eyes.

However, the expected bloody and mangled scene did not appear.

"Crunch... crunch..."

As the hammer fell, the crossbeam jammed, causing the connecting rope to be stretched to its limit instantly!

The mechanical hammer, weighing several hundred kilograms, came to an abrupt stop just five centimeters from the head of Judge Wang!

The sharp steel nails had even touched Judge Wang's gray hair!

The immense inertia caused the hammer to sway slightly in mid-air, and the gears emitted a screeching sound as if they were struggling under the strain, but it just couldn't bring itself to strike!

The entire clock tower was deathly silent.

Everyone stared wide-eyed, mouths agape, their breath caught in their throats.

A full five seconds passed.

"They...they saved him?!"

"Holy crap! That's amazing! Absolutely incredible!"

"Striking a load-bearing column in half with a single shot, altering the structural mechanics to jam the crossbeam? What kind of ingenious operation is this?!"

"Awesome! Consultant Lin is amazing!!!"

Thunderous cheers erupted instantly inside and outside the clock tower, nearly blowing the roof off!

The police officers hugged each other with excitement, some even weeping with joy.

Lin Chen slowly put down the shotgun in his hand, blew away the wisp of smoke coming out of the muzzle, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Basic operation, don't be silly."