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

The night was as dark as ink.

In the Liupan Mountains on the western outskirts of Beijing, all is quiet except for a few chirping insects, which add a touch of eeriness to this desolate mountain area.

An abandoned chemical plant, like a steel behemoth crouching in the darkness, stands silently in the mountain valley.

At the factory gate hangs a somewhat faded sign that reads "Love Home Stray Animal Shelter".

A few sporadic barks came from the yard, making it seem like just an ordinary charity that takes in stray animals.

However, in Lin Chen's eyes, this place presented a completely different scene.

Alone, like a ghost, he appeared silently on the outskirts of the chemical plant.

[God-level Radar] and [God-level Insight] are now activated!

In an instant, the world before his eyes was covered by countless data cables invisible to the naked eye.

Hidden pinhole cameras disguised as decorations are on the exterior walls. Infrared sensors are extremely well-hidden in the grass. Even underground, pressure and vibration alarm devices are buried.

The entire chemical plant is protected by a comprehensive monitoring system.

Any unauthorized intruder will trigger an alarm the moment they enter the restricted area.

"That's interesting."

A cold smile curled at the corner of Lin Chen's mouth.

This level of security is comparable to that of some important military facilities.

Unfortunately, all of this was meaningless in his presence.

[God-level Parkour] Activated!

Lin Chen's figure transformed into an almost elusive afterimage in the darkness.

His toes lightly touched the tree trunk, and his body, like a weightless leaf, silently crossed the wall several meters high.

It landed silently.

He perfectly avoided all blind spots of the surveillance cameras and the scanning paths of the infrared beams, like a four-dimensional being walking in three-dimensional space, manipulating all the defense facilities at will.

The interior of the chemical plant is a hidden world.

Behind a huge metal door disguised as a sewage outlet lies a bottomless underground passage.

Lin Chen slipped in like a ghost, and at the end of the passage was a massive and terrifying underground base!

Rows of neat, uniform white rooms were arranged like a honeycomb. Each room had no windows, only a heavy iron door.

Through the small observation window on the door, you can see that the people inside are all wearing the same hospital gowns, with blank expressions and empty eyes, like walking corpses.

This is not an animal shelter at all, but a veritable hell on earth used to brainwash and imprison "puppets"!

Deep inside the base, in a well-lit archive room, the lights were on.

Several men in white lab coats, who looked like researchers, were frantically throwing large amounts of paper documents and computer hard drives into a huge incinerator, clearly destroying evidence.

"Hurry up! The boss ordered that everything here be cleaned up before dawn!"

A man wearing gold-rimmed glasses, who appeared to be a manager, urged him sternly.

However, he had barely finished speaking.

A cold voice, like a curse from the deepest hell, echoed behind them.

"Clean it up? Where do you think you're going?"

The men were startled and turned around to see an unusually young man standing behind them like a ghost.

"Who...who are you?!"

The supervisor asked in astonishment.

Lin Chen did not answer him.

His figure moved.

[Grandmaster-level combat skills] Unleashed!

fast!

Extremely fast!

The supervisor only saw a blur before his eyes, a fleeting afterimage, and his companions, before they could even scream, collapsed to the ground with a series of thuds, instantly losing consciousness.

Lin-Chen's movements were clean and efficient, without a single unnecessary action.

He grabbed the terrified supervisor by the collar and lifted him like a chick, carrying him to the corner.

The supervisor, accustomed to a high position and a life of luxury, had never seen anything like this before. He was so frightened that his legs went weak, and a foul-smelling liquid flowed down his trouser leg.

"I...I don't know anything! Don't kill me! Don't kill me!"

He begged for mercy incoherently.

"I ask, you answer."

Lin Chen's voice was devoid of any emotion.

He stared directly into the supervisor's pupils, which were constricted violently with fear.

[God-level Hypnosis], activated!

The supervisor's mind had undergone extremely rigorous anti-interrogation and anti-hypnosis training, and his willpower far exceeded that of ordinary people.

Under Lin Chen's gaze, he subconsciously wanted to resist and try to look away.

However, it was all in vain.

Faced with the mental pressure of a god, his pitiful willpower was like a paper wall, instantly washed away by an irresistible and extremely tyrannical mental torrent!

Less than ten seconds.

The supervisor's eyes, which had been struggling, became completely unfocused and empty, making him look like a puppet.

Lin Chen's voice seemed to transform into a curse from hell, resounding directly in the depths of his soul.

"Where is Chen Yuan?"

The supervisor's lips began to move uncontrollably and woodenly, revealing his deepest secret.

"The boss... the boss said... he's going to complete his final, and greatest, 'work of art'..."

"He wants to turn this city into his grandest stage..."

Lin Chen's brows furrowed suddenly, and a strong sense of unease rose in his heart.

"Be more specific! Where did he go? What did he take with him?!"

The supervisor's body began to tremble violently, as if the secret itself possessed a terrifying power capable of destroying everything.

"He...he took all the...high explosives from the base...several tons..."

"He said... he was going to the underground pipeline hub of the capital city... that's the 'heart' of the city..."

"He said that since you won't let him play, he'll overturn the whole chessboard..."

"He wants to make the entire capital city... perish with his art!"