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

The sirens ripped through the night sky of Jiangcheng City.

A convoy of more than a dozen special police bomb disposal vehicles and police cars sped through the deserted streets, heading straight for the south of the city.

Lin Chen sat in the passenger seat of the lead car, closing his eyes to rest, showing no sign of tension on his face.

Su Qingge drove herself, gripping the steering wheel tightly, occasionally turning her head to look at the man beside her with an extremely complex expression.

Shock, admiration, dependence, and a deep adoration that she herself was unaware of.

This man always manages to create incredible miracles when everyone else is in despair.

"Lin Chen, are you sure the location is that abandoned reservoir?"

Su Qingge couldn't help but ask again, as it concerned the safety of the entire city, and she had to confirm it repeatedly.

"The prophet is very arrogant."

Lin Chen didn't open his eyes and spoke in a calm voice.

"His choice to announce the start of the game in this way shows that he has absolute confidence that we cannot find him in a short period of time."

"Therefore, the location of the first bomb must be the most accurate. He wants to use this first bomb to completely break down our psychological defenses."

Su Qingge nodded and said no more.

She knew that Lin Chen's judgment had never been wrong.

However, they all overlooked one uncertainty.

A troublemaker who's good for nothing but causing trouble, yet always manages to stir up trouble at crucial moments.

—Li Mingyu.

After witnessing Lin Chen's god-like operation firsthand in the command center, Li Mingyu was devastated.

He was consumed by jealousy and wished he could take Lin Chen's place, but reason told him that the gap between him and Lin Chen was greater than that between a person and a dog.

But just before the convoy set off, his eagerness to make a name for himself and his desire to turn his life around started to bother him again.

"No way! We can't let Lin Chen steal the spotlight anymore!"

A crazy idea flashed through Li Mingyu's mind.

"This is a city-wide crisis. Director Lu and the city leaders are definitely watching! If I can get there before Lin Chen, even if it's just to maintain order, that would be a great achievement!"

With this ridiculous idea in mind, he actually took advantage of his position as the head of the security team and privately mobilized several security team members from the police station closest to the south of the city. They drove a dilapidated patrol car and took a shortcut to the abandoned reservoir ahead of time.

He wanted to steal the credit!

He wanted to prove to everyone that he, Li Mingyu, was not a piece of trash!

When Lin Chen and Su Qingge led their large force to the abandoned reservoir, they were met with a scene that horrified them.

The heavy, rusty steel door of the underground pumping station of the reservoir had been violently broken down and lay crookedly to one side.

Several security guards were standing guard at the door, holding flashlights and looking very nervous.

Where is Li Mingyu?

Su Qingge jumped out of the car and shouted sharply.

"Li... Captain Li... he said he was going to take us in to investigate dangers and make a name for ourselves, he's already... he's already gone down..."

A young security guard answered, trembling.

"You bastard!"

Su Qingge was so angry she almost drew her gun.

Lin Chen's expression also darkened instantly.

Without saying a word, he flashed forward and was the first to rush towards the entrance to the basement.

As soon as you step onto the spiral staircase leading underground, a strong, damp, musty smell hits you.

At the same time, in Lin Chen's mind, the ability of [God-level Danger Perception] was frantically issuing alarms!

An unprecedented, deadly sense of crisis pierced his brain like countless steel needles!

"Everyone! Back off!"

Lin Chen's roar echoed through the empty underground passage.

But it was too late.

As he rushed down the last step and stepped into the open underground pump room, he saw the idiot he wanted to slap to death more than anything else in his life.

In the center of the massive pump house, a huge metal tank, about half a person's height, stood silently.

The surface of the metal can is covered with a dense network of colorful wires, and a red digital display screen at the top is silently flashing.

【02:17:34】

Beside the bomb, Li Mingyu stood smugly holding a large pair of pliers he'd picked up somewhere, while his other hand held a flashlight, shining it around at the complicated wiring and muttering to himself.

"Hey, it's just a bomb, what's the big deal?"

"Didn't they show it in the movies? Cut the red wire or the blue wire? Today, I, Li Mingyu, will show you what a real bomb disposal expert is like!"

He even turned around and gave Lin Chen, who had just rushed down, a provocative and smug smile.

"Consultant Lin, you're late."

"I'll take the credit for this..."

He hadn't even had a chance to say the word "了" yet.

His foot, which was only moving to find a better foothold, landed squarely on a hidden gravity sensor on the ground that was a slightly different color and disguised as concrete!

"Click".

A faint sound, yet like the tolling of death's bell, could be clearly heard in the silent basement.

The sensor under Li Mingyu's feet sank less than a millimeter in an instant.

next second!

The red numbers on the bomb, which had been steadily changing, vanished instantly!

Instead, there were blindingly flashing red lights and a shrill alarm that echoed throughout the basement!

"Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!"

Even more frightening, on the side of the metal can, a glass tube filled with mercury that was originally horizontal and stationary suddenly tilted due to the triggering of the ground gravity sensor!

The silvery mercury flowed instantly down the sloping pipe wall to the contact point at the other end!

"Warning! The balancing system has been triggered! Self-destruct program initiated!"

A cold, emotionless synthesized electronic voice rang out from inside the bomb.

The countdown on the screen jumped from more than two hours to the last three minutes in an instant!

【00:03:00】

【00:02:59】

【00:02:58】

At the same time, several valves on the top of the metal can began to hiss, as if some kind of gas was leaking out uncontrollably.

A faint, almond-scented, pale green biological gas rose like a ghost from the gap in the valve.

This left not only Li Mingyu speechless, but also Su Qingge and several SWAT team members who rushed down behind Lin Chen completely dumbfounded.

The smugness and arrogance on Li Mingyu's face were replaced by endless fear in an instant.

The pliers in his hand fell to the ground with a clatter, his legs went weak, and he slumped to the ground with a thud. A familiar warm liquid quickly soaked his pants in the crotch area.

He was so scared he peed his pants again.

"Help...help me..."

His face was ashen, his lips trembled, and he couldn't utter a single complete sentence.

"I...I didn't mean to..."

"I'll kill you, you bastard!"

Su Qingge trembled with rage. She suddenly drew her sidearm from her waist, the dark muzzle pointing directly at Li Mingyu's head.

However, a hand held down her gun-wielding hand.

It's Lin Chen.

"Kill him now, and you'll dirty your hands."

Lin Chen's voice was as cold as a Siberian frost.

He didn't even glance at Su Qingge, but simply strode towards the useless man sprawled on the ground.

"More trouble than it's worth."

He walked up to Li Mingyu, slowly raised his foot, and then, with a casual gesture as if kicking away roadside trash, kicked Li Mingyu hard in the chest.

Li Mingyu, weighing over 160 pounds, was kicked seven or eight meters away like a tattered sack, crashed into the wall, rolled down, and immediately lost consciousness.

Lin Chen didn't even glance at him again.

His gaze was fixed on the bomb, which had less than two and a half minutes left on the countdown.

The two skills, [God-level Mechanical Mastery] and [God-level Physics Mastery], were operating at an unprecedented intensity at this moment!

The bomb's internal structure, circuitry, the triggering mechanism of each sensor... everything was instantly deconstructed, analyzed, and modeled in his mind!

For the first time, his expression became extremely solemn.

This bomb is a dead end!

It not only has gravity sensing and mercury balance, but also an extremely precise air pressure sensing device inside!

Any routine physical dismantling, such as cutting the wiring or attempting to open the casing, will cause an imbalance in the internal air pressure, and the toxic gas will be released instantly within 0.1 seconds!

This abandoned reservoir connects to the city's underground water network, polluting the entire Jiangcheng city!

This is a perfect killing machine that can never be dismantled!