The mont Ling Mo rushed out of the mall, a loud, muffled boom suddenly echoed from behind, and the entire building began to shake violently. Amidst the rumbling sound, a massive plu of black ash spewed from the underground exit. However, Ling Mo and the two won had already dashed through the cloud of dust, erging on a small patch of open ground dozens of ters away from the building.
At the instant of the explosion, Xia Na and Li Yalin simultaneously increased their speed. When they stopped, a flicker of red glimr was seen in their eyes.
Xia Na slowly released Ling Mo’s arm and looked at the scene with so confusion, saying, “This feels… more than twenty ters, right?” She then glanced at the still trembling ground and continued, “It’s probably within the range of twenty-five to thirty ters, judging by the decrease in the vibrations…”
“Only you could switch to a nerd mode in the middle of an escape…” Ling Mo said, pressing his temple. “That person deliberately narrowed the range a bit for safety, which is slightly different from what I expected.”
“But even if he blew up the entire building, it wouldn’t change anything, right?” Xia Na rolled her eyes and said.
“True…” Ling Mo nodded.
At that mont, Li Yalin turned her face to the side, sniffed the air, and said, “Ye Lian is coming…” Then, she licked her lips lightly, revealing a faintly bloodthirsty smile on her face, “And there’s another scent…”
Just as she finished speaking, two figures ca rushing out of the alley on the side.
Ye Lian held a gun in one hand and a young man in his twenties in the other. In stark contrast to Ye Lian’s indifferent expression, the youth was pale and trembling uncontrollably. In a blink, Ye Lian reached Ling Mo, tossed the young man at Ling Mo’s feet, and her gaze slowly beca unfocused.
“I brought him… out…” Ye Lian said with a sweet smile.
As soon as the youth hit the ground, he quickly struggled to get up. He wobbly glanced at the group, then fixed his gaze on Ling Mo, pleading in a low voice, “Please don’t… don’t kill ! I’ve done everything I was asked to do! You all… you’ve ambushed twice already, I’m begging you to let go! This explosion… I really don’t know what happened!”
As he spoke, tears started streaming down his face uncontrollably.
The first ti he was ambushed, the attackers knocked him out before he could even finish a sentence. Upon waking up, the first thing he saw was Ye Lian’s gun barrel aid at him.
Seeing the explosion in the building while Ling Mo and the others stood there unhard, his heart grew even heavier with despair: “It’s over, I’m the only one left… They promised to let go after dismantling the bombs, but… but how did it explode here! Although I wasn’t aware of the locations of these explosive points, even if things went wrong…” He glanced at Ye Lian from the corner of his eye, thinking that he couldn’t understand how this girl’s speed and strength were so remarkable, and how she could accurately locate the buried explosives…
If it weren’t for this girl’s assistance, no matter how fast his defusing skills were, it would have been impossible to continuously dismantle two bombs in such a short ti… Yet, he dared not place the bla on Ye Lian. Though this girl seed calm now, he knew all too well that it was just an illusion!
“Earlier, you said you were the team leader of the explosive ordnance disposal team?” Ling Mo asked, staring at him.
The youth was stunned for a mont, then quickly nodded and said, “Yes… but this really isn’t my fault. I’m actually part of the second batch sent in, kind of like a reserve force, a reserve team leader! My task was basically to clean up any ss. If there were issues with the bombs previously set up, it would be my job to handle them. If nothing needed my attention, I would then be responsible for retrieving them… But I truly didn’t know the exact locations of those explosive points! At first, I pointed this out to you all just to save my own skin! You have to believe !”
“Truly cautious…” Ling Mo thought, rubbing his brow.
Ling Mo temporarily set aside the fragnts of the glasses man’s mory. With nearly fifty years’ worth of recollections, sifting through them wouldn’t be easy. Furthermore, diving in recklessly could cause ntal confusion. Additionally, Ling Mo had a sense that this ti the devour process was different; not only was the ntal energy obtained distinct from before, but even the mory fragnts were more complete than ever…
“What exactly is the thod that Falcon has mastered? I wonder if the answer can be found in the glasses man’s mory…” Ling Mo pondered for a mont, then looked down at the youth and asked, “What’s your na?”
“Zhang Chenghui! My na is Zhang Chenghui!” The youth imdiately saw a glimr of hope, responding with a flushed face.
“Were you always doing this kind of work before?” Ling Mo asked again.
“Yes! I’ve blown up buildings, bridges, smashed big stones-you na it, I’ve probably done it at least eighty or a hundred tis!” Zhang Chenghui replied eagerly, then gritted his teeth to add, “I’m a retired soldier…”
“Then you should stick with us for now.” Ling Mo thought for a mont and said.
Whether or not this man was exaggerating, his skill in rapid bomb disposal was indeed impressive. Such technical talent was rare, so it would be better to keep him around for the ti being…
All the weapons on Zhang Chenghui were stripped off and tossed aside, leaving only a few bomb disposal tools, which Ling Mo kept.
“Take these.” Ling Mo checked them over and casually threw them to Zhang Chenghui.
“Heh… don’t worry, as long as it’s a bomb, I can defuse it. They call the bomb disposal prince… but if you find useless, just let go, I promise I won’t say a word…” Zhang Chenghui muttered as he followed behind Ling Mo, clutching his toolbox.
He didn’t dare to speak to Ye Lian and the three girls, so he aid his chatter at Ling Mo. He couldn’t understand why Ling Mo would want to keep him around, but even with a lot of courage, he wouldn’t dare think of escaping…
“Just treat like I’m invisible…” Zhang Chenghui had just begun to murmur when the building ahead suddenly twisted, and four silhouettes unexpectedly tumbled out from the “wall.”
Old Zheng gave Zhang Chenghui a surprised look, then quickly turned to Ling Mo and said, “Falcon’s support team has arrived! It seems like they were delayed a bit on the way here; they don’t look too good, and so are injured… They’re currently trapped in an illusion and are getting quite close.”
“How many are there?” Ling Mo asked, feeling a stir within him.
The support team’s delay was naturally the work of Black Silk and her companions, but the fact that they managed to break free from the interference and get here so quickly made Ling Mo reassess their strength…
“About twenty people, and there’s a very strong ntal ability user among them, likely ant to deal with you. With this person present, my illusion won’t hold much longer. Plus, their weapons and equipnt are impressive. Engaging them in a place like this would put us at a disadvantage,” Old Zheng continued, looking both anxious and sowhat exhausted.
“What about Wang Lin and Mu Chen?”
“They’re still maneuvering, but with that ntal ability user there, they’re in danger… Ah!” Old Zheng suddenly groaned in pain, his body shaking a couple of tis, “I can’t hold on much longer…”
“That powerful?” Ling Mo’s expression shifted slightly.
Having personally experienced Old Zheng’s powerful illusions, Ling Mo knew their effectiveness could decrease with more people involved, but more people also ant stronger chain reactions from the illusion. The support team only had one ntal ability user, yet they could cover about twenty people simultaneously…
“The other mbers in the team are impressive too,” Old Zheng remarked with lingering fear, giving Ling Mo a wry smile. “They truly place a lot of importance on you.”
“It’s not they’re concerned about, it’s that aerial power they’re focused on,” Ling Mo replied calmly.
“No… it’s not just that… I overheard in the illusion that they are also very interested in you personally…” Old Zheng’s eyes grew complicated, but he quickly regained his composure and continued, “Seven… no, six minutes. I can only hold out for six more minutes… There’s no way out; I’ve already gotten involved in this, and even if I wanted to back off, I’d have to wait until we escape. Ling Mo, I hope you don’t drag down. Whatever you’re planning, do it quickly!”
“That’s enough ti,” Ling Mo nodded.
Old Zheng’s hesitation intrigued Ling Mo, but he was even more curious about the seemingly powerful ntal ability user…
Ling Mo then shifted his gaze to soone else…
This person had been staring intently at him ever since erging from the “wall,” but it seed like Ling Mo had only just noticed him now.
“Big Boss, you don’t look well,” Ling Mo said with a smile.
The sunglasses man froze for a mont.
Not well? That was an understatent!
After parting ways with Ling Mo and the others, he had a faint premonition that sothing was off, but it was only just now that he confird his suspicion…
It wasn’t in-fighting or a betrayal of Falcon; it was that he… wasn’t even part of Falcon!
The sunglasses man was completely dumbfounded. He hadn’t expected soone with no power or territory to dare to break into his Niepan headquarters and abduct Old Lan and his daughter, who he had painstakingly located… Even more shocking was that this person had managed to provoke Falcon as well!
The only connection seed to be the Second Camp!
“I actually handed over all the intelligence to him…”
Intelligence aside, the sunglasses man didn’t believe Ling Mo could hold onto those resources, but thinking about his main body made him furious enough to spit blood! Imagining his ignorant main body targeting Falcon made the sunglasses man want to rush forward and tear Ling Mo to pieces!
“He had nothing to do with it, but he made sure to fra with a helicopter to cent the bla! Your ultimate goal was likely this, aside from planning your escape, wasn’t it?” the sunglasses man thought frantically, his gaze toward Ling Mo growing even more furious.
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