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

Inside the monitoring room of the C-zone base, the air was so heavy it seemed like you could wring water out of it.

The top officials in the military and political circles of Beijing were all frozen in place, staring intently at the images playing on the screen.

The scene where Lin Chen kills three assassins from the dark web in ten seconds is so clear it's breathtaking.

Su Jianguo sat in the head seat, his usually composed face now flushed, his fists clenched so tightly that his knuckles turned white.

He looked at Lin Chen's figure on the screen, and the excitement in his heart almost burst out of his chest.

This is hardly the work of a local criminal investigation consultant.

This is clearly a sharp knife capable of tearing through all darkness!

"This...how is this possible?"

A high-ranking military officer muttered to himself, his eyes fixed on the scene of Lin Chen catching the bullet with his bare hands and then prying the bullet out, as if he were witnessing some supernatural phenomenon.

"He... he actually managed to block a large-caliber armor-piercing bullet with his bare hands?"

Another official from the Ministry of State Security exclaimed in surprise, and the thermos next to him crashed to the ground with a loud bang, splashing tea everywhere, but no one paid any attention.

The representative of the Xiao family, an old man with gray hair and a sinister look in his eyes, was now pale and covered in cold sweat.

He is an elder of the Xiao family, Xiao Zhen's uncle, and one of the behind-the-scenes forces behind this selection.

He knew that if Lin Chen really handed over that communicator, the Xiao family would face an unprecedented crisis today.

He was even prepared to put forward several scapegoats to protect the core interests of the Xiao family at the lowest possible cost.

Like a gecko shedding its tail, this was the survival rule the Xiao family had upheld in the capital for thirty years.

Just then, the door to the monitoring room was pushed open.

Lin Chen appeared at the door, carrying a person on his shoulder and a communicator in his hand.

"Lin Chen!"

Su Jianguo suddenly stood up, his voice filled with barely suppressed excitement.

Lin Chen threw Xiao Kuang to the ground like a sack of potatoes. This once arrogant special forces soldier now had his right arm hanging limply at his sides, his face as pale as paper, and his lips trembling as he couldn't speak.

All eyes in the monitoring room were focused on the communicator in Lin Chen's hand.

It was an encrypted communicator whose screen had been shattered and whose casing had been deformed, but Lin Chen knew that the data inside could still be recovered through technical means.

Lin Chen's gaze swept across the entire room, finally landing on the elder of the Xiao family.

He saw a fleeting, almost imperceptible panic in the old man's eyes, which quickly subsided, though his breathing was a beat faster than normal.

[God-level psychological profiling] activates instantly.

The Xiao family elders' psychological defenses were completely transparent in front of Lin Chen.

He saw through the Xiao family's plan to sacrifice one pawn to save the king, and even predicted which people they would put forward to take the blame.

The moment Lin Chen saw everything clearly, a system notification sounded in his mind:

[Ding! Detected that the host is facing the Xiao family's "Gecko Tail-Cutting" plan. Mission issued: Crush the Xiao family's "Gecko Tail-Cutting" plan. Reward: A courtyard house in the core area of ​​Beijing, all attributes +50!]

A barely perceptible smile appeared on Lin Chen's lips.

Siheyuan (courtyard house)?

All attributes +50?

This reward was far more generous than he had imagined. It seemed the system had also set its sights on the Xiao family, this lucrative prize.

Su Jianguo strode forward, his eyes fixed on the communicator in Lin Chen's hand, his eyes gleaming with excitement and anticipation.

"Lin Chen, hand over the evidence! I'll apply for an arrest warrant immediately and wipe out all those scum from the Xiao family!"

All eyes in the room, including the bloodshot eyes of the Xiao family elder, were fixed on Lin Chen's hand.

They were all waiting for Lin Chen to make that decision: whether to strike decisively or to bide his time.

Lin Chen did not respond to Su Jianguo immediately.

He held the communicator in his hand, his fingertips gently stroking the shattered screen.

He knew that if he handed over the communicator now, the Xiao family would indeed suffer a heavy blow, but it would not be a fatal one.

Xiao Zhen, that old fox, wouldn't put all his eggs in one basket.

He would only promote a few peripheral figures and then quickly cut ties, minimizing the losses. In that way, the core strength of the Xiao family would still remain intact, albeit severely weakened.

This is not what Lin Chen wanted.

What he wanted was to uproot it completely and crush it utterly!

Lin Chen shifted his gaze from the communicator to Su Jianguo's expectant face, then glanced at the Xiao family elder's feigned composure.

He already had a plan in mind.

He slowly raised his hand, and the communicator spun around in his palm.

Everyone's heart was in their throat.

"oops!"

Lin Chen suddenly let out a soft cry and flicked his wrist.

The communicator slipped from his hand and landed precisely on the ground.

"Snap!" A crisp sound.

The communicator's already shattered screen was now completely spiderweb-like, and the outer casing had disintegrated further, revealing the circuit board inside.

"Oh no!"

Lin Chen squatted down with a look of "annoyance," picked up the communicator from the ground, and glanced at the spot where the communicator had fallen, where there was a tiny drain hole.

"I tripped and fell in the street fighting just now, and this communicator broke. I didn't hold it properly either, so it's completely ruined now."

He picked up the pile of scrap metal in his hand and said to Su Jianguo with a regretful expression:

"Minister Su, look... how can we use this now? The data inside is probably completely destroyed."

The monitoring room was deathly silent.

Su Jianguo was stunned, his eyes wide open, his mouth slightly agape, unable to utter a word for a long time.

The thunderous strike he had anticipated ended in such an absurd way.

The elders of the Xiao family were also stunned.

He looked at the pile of scrap metal in Lin Chen's hand, and then at the "regretful" expression on Lin Chen's face, and a huge weight was lifted from his heart.

His tense nerves relaxed instantly, and the joy of surviving the ordeal almost made him laugh out loud.

He thought Lin Chen was afraid, afraid of the Xiao family's power, so he didn't dare to present the evidence.

But then, Lin Chen's next words plunged him into an ice cave.

Lin Chen turned around and his gaze fell on Xiao Kuang, who was groaning in pain on the ground.

The "regretful" expression on his face vanished instantly, replaced by a chilling calm.

"And Xiao Kuang."

Lin Chen pointed to Xiao Kuang's limp right arm, his tone as indifferent as if he were talking about something trivial.

"His arm was also severed by him accidentally triggering an abandoned detonator, right, Young Master Xiao?"

Xiao Kuang was in so much pain that his whole body convulsed, his teeth chattered, and his body spasmed from blood loss and excruciating pain.

He looked up, his vision blurred, at Lin Chen, his eyes filled with fear.

He saw the devilish mockery deep in Lin Chen's eyes, and an unspeakable warning.

He knew that Lin Chen was giving him a choice.

A choice more terrifying than death.

"Yes...yes..."

Xiao Kuang struggled to utter a few indistinct syllables, and finally, in humiliation, used all his strength to squeeze out a few words from his throat.

"It was...it was my own fault...that I accidentally blew it off..."

"Did you hear that, Minister Su?"

Lin Chen turned to Su Jianguo and said, his face regaining its harmless smile.

"Young Master Xiao himself said it was an accident."

"This matter has nothing to do with the Xiao family."

Su Jianguo was completely dumbfounded.

He looked at Lin Chen, then at Xiao Kuang, and then at the Xiao family elder's face, which had gone from deathly pale to ashen. He couldn't quite process what was happening.

Is Lin Chen publicly covering for someone?

What exactly does he want to do?

The elders of the Xiao family were also dumbfounded.

He had initially thought Lin Chen was afraid, but now it seemed that Lin Chen's actions were not out of fear at all, but rather a deeper level of scheming.

He didn't submit the evidence, nor did he let Xiao Kuang identify the Xiao family. This seemed like he was letting the Xiao family off the hook, but in reality, he was telling them, "I don't intend to go through legal procedures. I'm going to slowly destroy you all in my own way."

This feeling is more terrifying than being arrested outright.

Because you don't know what cards Lin Chen will play next, or when and how he will push the Xiao family into the abyss.

He was like a hunter lurking in the shadows, casting a long line to catch a big fish, and the Xiao family was that big fish that had been targeted.

The elder of the Xiao family felt a chill that penetrated to the bone, rising from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.

Lin Chen is a hundred times more dangerous than he imagined.

"Lin Chen, you..."

Su Jianguo finally came to his senses. He wanted to say something, but Lin Chen interrupted him.

"Minister Su, Xiao Kuang is injured and needs urgent medical attention."

Lin Chen pointed to Xiao Kuang on the ground, and then to the Xiao family elder.

"Elder of the Xiao family, I see that Young Master Xiao's injuries are quite serious. We should send him to the hospital immediately."

The elder of the Xiao family seemed to wake from a dream, and he gave orders to his subordinates in a trembling voice.

"Quick! Get Xiao Kuang to the hospital!"

Several men in black immediately rushed up, picked up Xiao Kuang, and ran outside.

Lin Chen watched their departing figures, a meaningful smile once again appearing on his lips.

The game has only just begun.