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

Dark as ink.

The RS7 glided silently into the abandoned industrial area in the western suburbs like a ghost, finally coming to a stop in the shadows a hundred meters away from the dilapidated auto repair shop.

The car door opened, and Lin Chen got out first, followed closely by Su Qingge.

Tonight, Su Qingge changed into a black, tight-fitting combat suit, which perfectly accentuated her hot and eye-catching figure. Her long hair was tied up in a high ponytail, exuding both heroic spirit and deadly sexiness.

Soon, more than a dozen police cars turned off their lights and silently completed the encirclement of the perimeter.

Li Mingyu led a team of fully armed special police officers, crouching low as they ran over, their faces showing barely suppressed excitement and nervousness.

"Advisor Lin, Team Leader Su! We're in position! Coordinates locked, this is it!"

Li Mingyu lowered his voice, but the desire for credit in his tone was quite obvious.

"I've already arranged assault and breaching teams. Just give the order, and we guarantee we'll pull these bastards out of the ground within three minutes!"

"Force your way in?"

Lin Chen glanced at him, his eyes filled with a hint of pity as if he were looking at a fool.

"Otherwise what?"

Li Mingyu was taken aback.

Lin Chen ignored him and closed his eyes.

[God-level Danger Perception]!

[God-level architectural mastery]!

In an instant, a faint sense of crisis emanated from the repair shop ahead.

At the same time, an incredibly detailed three-dimensional diagram instantly formed in his mind, showing the structure of the entire repair shop's grounds, the layout of the underground air-raid shelters, the location of the load-bearing columns, and the routing of the ventilation ducts.

"This 'Phantom' gang are top-notch counter-surveillance experts. The lair they chose had at least three booby traps at the entrance, including infrared-triggered and pressure-sensitive ones."

Lin Chen slowly opened his eyes and calmly stated a fact that made Li Mingyu break out in a cold sweat.

"Moreover, there are at least two backup escape routes in the basement. If you force your way in through the front door, they will immediately detonate the bombs and calmly evacuate through other exits."

Li Mingyu's face turned pale instantly.

He then realized that his seemingly valiant attack plan was nothing short of sending people to their deaths in the face of truly professional criminals!

"Then... what do we do?"

Li Mingyu's voice was somewhat weak.

"Come with me."

Lin Chen was too lazy to waste any more words with him and turned to walk towards the back of the repair shop.

Su Qingge and Li Mingyu exchanged a glance and immediately led their men to follow.

Lin Chen's goal was clear. He bypassed all the places that seemed to be entrances and finally stopped at an extremely hidden abandoned sewer opening covered by weeds and garbage.

He kicked open the rusted manhole cover, and a stench hit him.

"here?"

Li Mingyu pinched his nose, looking disgusted and puzzled.

Lin Chen didn't say anything, but took out two inconspicuous white foam boxes that had been prepared in advance from the trunk of the RS7.

He opened one of the boxes, which was filled with large blocks of dry ice, wisps of white steam rising from it.

The other box contained several large barrels of sealed, special strong acid preparations that emitted a pungent odor.

[Amazing Chemistry Knowledge!]

[God-level mastery of physics]!

Lin Chen put on gloves and, amidst the bewildered gazes of the crowd, poured all the dry ice into the sewer drain. Then, he slowly poured the buckets of strong acid reagent down the drain at a specific angle and speed.

"Sizzle—!"

The moment the two came into contact, an extremely thick and pungent white smoke, like a volcanic eruption, gushed out of the sewer opening!

The carbon dioxide produced by the sublimation of dry ice, mixed with the irritating gas generated by the reaction of strong acid and dirt in the pipes, forms a highly toxic fumes with a density far greater than that of air.

They won't drift upwards; instead, they'll follow the terrain and all the connecting pipes, like a raging flood, frantically pouring into the enclosed underground space!

"This...this is..."

Li Mingyu was stunned by the scene before him, which resembled a "chemical weapon."

"Block the other ventilation openings, leaving one exit they might be able to escape through."

Lin Chen gave the order in a calm tone.

After doing all that, he went around to the other side of the repair shop and found an inconspicuous external electrical control box.

[God-level Mechanical Mastery]!

He didn't even use any tools; he simply extended two fingers and gently flicked and twisted them through the complex circuitry.

"Clatter".

With a soft click, he completely cut off the backup power supply in the basement from a physical standpoint.

……

Inside the basement.

The cheetah, the bird, and the snake were tormented by the excruciating itching, leaving them barely recognizable, covered in blood, and on the verge of mental collapse.

Just then, with a "snap," all the lights in the entire basement went out instantly, plunging the area into complete darkness.

Immediately afterwards, a thick, suffocating white smoke surged wildly into the ventilation ducts from all directions!

"Cough cough cough! What is that?!"

"Damn! It's poison gas!"

The darkness of the power outage, the torment of unbearable itching, and the suffocating smoke—this triple blow instantly shattered their last shred of psychological defense.

They wandered aimlessly in the darkness like headless flies, their only thought being to escape this hell on earth!

Relying on muscle memory, the cheetah groped its way through the thick smoke along the walls, stumbling and rushing toward the only spare ventilation duct that wasn't completely blocked by the toxic fumes.

"This way! Cough cough! This way!"

He roared hoarsely, his voice filled with desperate sobs.

Birds and snakes, like two dying wild dogs, tumbled and crawled after him.

Climbing out of the pipe was a brutal and horrific torture.

The narrow pipe walls were rough and uneven, and their already torn and bleeding bodies were being frantically rubbed against them.

Each movement leaves a shocking bloodstain on the pipe wall.

But the intense, deep-seated itching compelled them to keep going, and they even felt that the rough friction could bring a tiny bit of relief.

"Bang!"

An iron fence in the backyard of an abandoned auto repair shop was violently smashed open.

Three bloodied and ragged figures rolled out of the sewer opening like three lumps of mud, crashing heavily onto the muddy ground covered with gravel.

Fresh air rushed into their lungs, and they breathed deeply and greedily.

Before they could even get a good look at their surroundings...

"Click-clack—"

A dozen or so blindingly bright tactical flashlights illuminated the area as if it were daytime!

"Don't move! Police!"

Li Mingyu, along with his special police officers, armed with assault rifles, surrounded them.

The dark muzzle of the gun was pointed directly at these three once-arrogant international thieves.

The cheetah was blinded by the bright light.

He strained to lift his head and, through the gaps between his fingers, saw the man standing behind the bright light.

Lin Chen stood with his hands in his pockets, looking down at them with a cold gaze as if he were looking at three bugs.

"Lin...Lin Chen..."

The cheetah recognized the face, and his nerves, which had been tormented to the point of near collapse, erupted in a frenzied rage.

"You...you're so despicable! If you have the guts...if you have the guts, fight me for real! Using this kind of low-class drug...what kind of skill is that!"

"mean?"

Lin Chen sneered, took long strides, and walked up to the cheetah.

He didn't even use the [Grandmaster-level Fighting Technique], he simply raised his right foot and kicked the cheetah hard in the chin!

"Bang!"

The cheetah was kicked so hard that it flipped 180 degrees in mid-air before crashing heavily to the ground, spitting out several bloody teeth.

"Talk about morality with thieves? Do you even deserve it?"

Lin Chen withdrew his foot, his tone devoid of any emotional fluctuation.

"When you were stealing, why didn't you talk to the security personnel about fair competition? When you were planting bombs in the exhibition hall, why didn't you talk to those innocent people about martial ethics?"

"Now that you're in my hands, you want to talk to me about being despicable?"

Lin Chen crouched down, grabbed the cheetah's hair, and forced him to raise his head.

"In my hands, dealing with trash like you is just about any means necessary to crush you to death."

Looking into Lin Chen's deep and cold eyes, the cheetah finally felt real fear.

This man is no ordinary police consultant; he is more ruthless, more cunning, and more unscrupulous than these desperate criminals!

"take away!"

Su Qingge stepped forward and coldly issued the order.

The special police officers pounced on them like wolves, pinning down the three thieves who were still frantically scratching at themselves, and putting them in heavy handcuffs and shackles.

"Consultant Lin, we found the fake Easter egg in the basement, along with a bunch of counterfeit devices and transaction records from overseas accounts!"

A special police officer ran over to report to the commander.

Li Mingyu rubbed his hands together excitedly.

"Excellent! Caught red-handed! Let's see how they deny it now! Consultant Lin, your 'catching a turtle in a jar' tactic is absolutely brilliant!"

Lin Chen ignored Li Mingyu's flattery. He activated [God-level Psychological Profiling] and scanned the three thieves being put into the police car.

"These three are just executors."

Lin Chen turned to look at Su Qingge, his tone resolute.

"The real leader, 'Ghost,' isn't here at all. They haven't even seen Ghost's true face."

Su Qingge frowned slightly.

"Does that mean the trail has gone cold?"

"It can't be broken."

Lin Chen raised his head, looked at the deep night sky of the capital, and a meaningful smile appeared on his lips.

"Their willingness to take such a huge risk to steal that Easter egg was definitely not just for the sake of selling it for money."

"The real secret lies in that egg."