Movie variety show soul travels between two worlds to become a rich man

Chapter 744 The Cicada Sheds Its Shell, Unaware of the Oriole Behind
However, the pursuers were clearly well-prepared.

Two of Wei Hong's men quickly equipped themselves with rappelling tools and jumped out of the window without hesitation, chasing after him like a persistent leech!

As they descended, they continued to fire their submachine guns at Macau Park, the barrage of bullets constantly shrinking his escape route.

The battle high in the air turned into a dance of death. In his darting and agile movements, Macau Park was forced to draw his dagger and engage in a perilous close-quarters fight with the approaching enemy.

Ropes entangled, blades flashed, gunshots rang out intermittently, and figures collided violently a hundred meters in the air. Every exchange was terrifying, for fear that a single mistake would lead to an abyss.

Bai Qiangwei's palms were already sweating as she gripped the binoculars; the scene was far more intense and direct than she had imagined. She subconsciously glanced at Gao Dongxu, but he was watching with great interest, his smile even deepening, as if he were enjoying a spectacular performance.

"Not bad skills, what a pity," Gao Dongxu commented softly, as if he were evaluating an object.

Just then, a burst of gunfire, as rapid as popping beans, erupted inside the hotel!

Clearly, Wei Hong discovered in the room that the Tear of the Sun was a fake, and in a fit of rage, he clashed head-on with the police who happened to surround him!

The gunfight inside the building escalated instantly, the intensity of which could be seen through the flashes of fire from the windows and the constant explosions. Police sirens blared from all directions, completely enveloping the hotel.

Gunfire erupted from both inside and outside, creating a symphony of chaos and death.

High in the air, Macau Park seemed to have been pushed to his limit by the fierce battle inside the building and the relentless pursuit of his enemies. He roared and, with an extremely tricky swing, finally kicked one of his pursuers away, sending him crashing into the wall. The man screamed in pain, and his submachine gun fell from his hand. Another pursuer was slashed in part by Macau Park's dagger and swung uncontrollably.

But just as Park thought he had temporarily escaped his predicament, the pursuer whose rope had been cut, before completely losing his balance, grinned and used his last bit of strength to raise his gun and pull the trigger on Park's main rope!
"Da da da!"

The rope broke with a sound!

Park's body plummeted! He tried to grab onto something, but the speed of the fall was too fast!
Fortunately, during his fall, his body slammed heavily against air conditioner outdoor units on several floors and against protruding railings, with muffled thuds that could even be faintly heard.

These impacts greatly cushioned his fall, but they also clearly cost him dearly.

Finally, he fell heavily to the ground at the hotel entrance like a tattered sack.

"Ugh!" Through the binoculars, you could see Macau Park curling up in pain, suddenly spitting out a mouthful of blood.

But his will to survive was extremely strong. He clutched his chest, struggled, and staggered to his feet, trying to escape.

"Number 1—Don't let him get away!" Wang Jianjun's voice was icy as he immediately warned into the microphone.

"Don't worry, he can't escape—" Number 1's voice in the earpiece remained confident and calm, even carrying a hint of hunting excitement.

Meanwhile, as gunfire erupted inside the hotel and all attention was drawn to the frontal conflict and the high-altitude chase, another "successful" figure—Annie—was caught in a dilemma inside the ventilation duct.

Holding the genuine Tear of the Sun that she had just swapped with a fake, she listened to the threats, inducements, and gunshots coming from her accomplices through the communicator. With a determined look, she handed them another prepared fake, instructing them to draw the fire.

"What a bunch of thieves, not a single one of them has a kind heart," she muttered under her breath, but quickly slipped into the ventilation duct leading to the next floor.

After crawling a distance through the narrow, dark pipes, she skillfully avoided the firefight zone thanks to her familiarity with the hotel's structure, eventually emerging from a maintenance hatch.

At this moment, she was still wearing the maintenance worker's uniform that she had put on for ease of movement. She quickly took off the conspicuous work jacket and pants, leaving only a black tight-fitting sports vest and shorts underneath, revealing her tall, sexy and alluring figure.

She quickly surveyed her surroundings, her gaze settling on a water pipe that had been broken by a previous small explosion and was now hissing and spraying water.

Without hesitation, she rushed over, stood under the splashing water, and let the cold water wash over her hair and body. The water quickly soaked her entire body, and her black tank top clung tightly to her skin, outlining her breathtaking curves.

Then, she quickly found two white bath towels drying nearby. She skillfully wrapped one around her wet hair and the other around her armpits, wrapped it around her body, and tied it in a knot at her chest.

In an instant, she transformed from a suspicious intruder into an "innocent" female tenant who was forced to flee while taking a shower, terrified by a sudden gunfight.

A look of panic and pitifulness appeared on her face at just the right moment, and a few tears even welled up in her eyes. She staggered towards the police officers who were dispersing the crowd and setting up a cordon, her voice trembling as she pleaded, "Help...it's so scary...I was taking a shower, and suddenly..."

Her disguise was flawless. A policeman immediately stepped forward, sympathetically draped a police overcoat over her shivering body, and comforted her, "Don't be afraid, miss, it's alright. Come with us, we'll go to a safe place."

Anne was escorted by the police to the ambulance area by the roadside. She kept her head down, secretly observing from the corner of her eye, secretly gloating: Success! The Tears of the Sun is hers! Those idiotic policemen, that foolish Wei Hong, and those accomplices who wanted to double-cross her... they've all become her stepping stones!
From inside a van in the distance, Gao Dongxu watched Annie Ke's spectacular "transformation" performance through binoculars.

His gaze lingered for a moment, especially on those long, slender, firm, and even whiter and smoother legs that appeared even more delicate when wet, and a bright, playful smile appeared on his face.

"Take a shower, wrap yourself in a towel, feign fright, then use the police to slip away... Brilliant, truly brilliant." He put down his binoculars and said with a smile to the people in the car, "The mantis has succeeded; now it's our turn to shine—"

A Ning's lips curled into a cold smile. Ru Xin and Ru Qing exchanged a knowing smile; everything was going according to plan.

Only the white rose felt a storm raging within her.

She witnessed firsthand the fierce fighting between various factions inside and outside the hotel, a hail of bullets, high-altitude battles, and countless schemes, creating utter chaos.

Meanwhile, Gao Dongxu and his team simply sat comfortably in the car from beginning to end, calmly observing and issuing simple commands, as if manipulating a chessboard, easily turning all their life-or-death efforts into a wedding dress for them.

This precise calculation, planning, and patience sent a chill down her spine, but at the same time, an indescribable, complex emotion, a mixture of fear and amazement, was also growing within her.

Looking at Gao Dongxu's profile, she realized for the first time the enormous, insurmountable gap between herself and this man, and a strong sense of defeat welled up within her. But deep within this sense of defeat, a trace of admiration quietly sprouted that she herself was unaware of.

Annie, wrapped in a bath towel and wearing a large police overcoat, walked towards the temporary resettlement point at the direction of the police.

She shook her wet hair, and the look of shock on her face slowly faded, replaced by an barely suppressed, triumphant smile of relief and success.

With her strikingly long legs, she walked relaxedly towards a direction away from the hotel's core area, her route passing right by the van where Gao Dongxu and his group were.

She thought she was safe and had become the ultimate winner.

Just as she passed behind the van, at the moment when she felt most relaxed!
With two soft "whoosh" sounds, the sliding door of the van was suddenly pulled open.

Aning and Ruqing, like two agile and swift cheetahs, jumped off the car silently, their feet landing lightly, and with almost no pause, they approached Annie from behind at an astonishing speed.

Before Annie could even react, both her arms were firmly gripped from behind! The force was so great that she was instantly immobilized. At the same time, a cold, hard object pressed against her lower back through her trench coat—it was the shape of a gun muzzle!

Annie's bright, smug smile froze instantly, like an exquisite mask shattering. Her beautiful eyes widened in horror as she looked at Aning, who had somehow appeared in front of her and was now giving her a cold smile.

“Miss Nicole,” Aning’s voice wasn’t loud, but it carried an undeniable threat, clearly reaching Nicole’s ears, “if you don’t want to die, you’d better come with us obediently—”

In just a second or two, Annie's mood seemed to plummet from the peak of euphoria to an abyss of despair.

All her wit, all her pride, all her wishful thinking were utterly shattered in that moment. She realized that she had calculated everything, only to fall into a far more sophisticated trap.

Her face instantly turned deathly pale, all color draining from her. She swallowed hard, forcing a dry smile that looked more like a grimace, her voice trembling as she pleaded, "No, don't kill me... I'll cooperate..."

Without any unnecessary words, Aning and Ruqing flanked her on either side, seemingly supporting her but actually restraining her, and quickly led her to the van. The van door closed silently again, completely shutting out the noise and chaos outside, as well as the brief "freedom" that Annie had just gained.

"Hello, Miss Nicole, we meet again—" Gao Dongxu said with a smile as he looked at Nicole, whose beautiful face was full of fear and confusion.

"Huh?!" Annie was taken aback when she saw Gao Dongxu smiling at her, then looked blank. Aning immediately translated for her, which made Annie look at Gao Dongxu with panic and suspicion, frowning as she tried to figure out who he was.

The black Mercedes-Benz van started smoothly and drove away from the street, which was gradually becoming more congested with police cars and ambulances, silently blending into the traffic on the main road, just as it had come.

(End of this chapter)