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Chapter 296 Heroes of the Fire (Part 1)

"I have to teleport you right away. You'd better find a secluded spot first!" Chen Xuan urged.

Just a minute ago, a large number of vehicles suddenly arrived at this location. From a distance, he spotted several familiar figures, such as Xiao Kanong, Jiang Siqi, and Xiao Jiu… The appearance of the execution team meant that the authorities had already set their sights on Hongda Daily Chemical Factory. What were they after? The answer was self-evident.

Although he knew there had been some leaks, he hadn't expected the operation to be so large-scale. Besides the officers from the security agency's task force, he also saw numerous television crews, police cars, and ambulances. It was unusual for a regular fire to attract so many special vehicles and even have a cordon set up around the factory; even passersby stopped their cars and joined the crowd.

This turned the relatively remote section of the Third Ring Road into one of the most congested areas in the city, with the once wide six-lane road now completely blocked.

Chen Xuan had just asked Officer Tian where the people they had arranged were, and the answer was that they were still on their way.

In other words, the police cars that arrived at this moment were not even related to the arrest plan.

These people who arrived at the daily chemical factory in such a short time must have obtained the information from other channels.

Aside from the mechanical device, Chen Xuan couldn't think of any other possibility.

He just didn't understand why the Vision Agency was going to such lengths. Did Xiao Kanong really know nothing about using drugs to create Awakened Ones?

If the other party knows the inside story and is investigating Honglian and Wang Baihu for "maliciously requesting leave," then they should act at night and make as little noise as possible. After all, the two are still nominally members of the organization, and if things get too tense, the Jiangcheng branch will lose face.

"What about Honglian?" Lin Qing asked.

"Doesn't she have the ability to castle? Teleporting directly outside the factory shouldn't be difficult for her, right?" Chen Xuan remembered when he fought her, she teleported away and then threw a bomb at him in return. "Besides, wanting to work overtime after taking leave isn't an unforgivable mistake. As long as you're not there, everything else is negotiable."

Chen Xuan wasn't too worried about Honglian and the others, but Lin Qing absolutely couldn't be seen by witnesses or discovered by the authorities. If Honglian was suspected of contacting the masked woman, both of them would be in big trouble.

On the other side, Wang Baihu was clearly panicked. "Why is Captain Xiao here? What do we do? We have to hide quickly, or we're doomed!"

"Don't panic! They might not know the situation here yet!" Honglian's tone was relatively calm, but her constantly clenched fists betrayed her inner turmoil. "Anyway, let's get them out of here first, and then find a chance to escape. Miss Lin, I will try my best to cover you. As long as you get over the wall, you'll have a chance to get away..."

Lin Qing shook her head. "It's no use. The information I received is that the chemical factory has been cordoned off in all four directions, and there are government agents watching every road. This place has been surrounded."

Honglian fell silent.

Looking at her unpredictable eyes, Lin Qing couldn't help but feel an urge to tease her—if she deliberately didn't leave, what would the other person choose? Would she immediately sever ties with her and let her fall into the trap, or would she stop the trap to let her escape for the sake of a newcomer with superpowers?
If she pushes Honglian one step further, will she be able to see her escape from the trap ahead of time?
Or will this coercion lead the other side down a path completely different from history?
What are you doing? This is the future leader of the resistance!

And you are just an ordinary soldier under her command, and because of the decades that have passed, you have never even seen her in person once... Isn't this idea too outrageous?

Lin Qing chuckled softly.

Honglian and Wang Baihu looked at her in surprise, completely baffled as to why she could still laugh at a time like this.

"...It was my fault, that's enough."

"What's wrong?"

"What is enough?"

The two asked the same question at the same time.

Lin Qing moved closer to Hong Lian, cupping her cheeks in her hands. "Thank you for thinking so much about me. This might be the reason why the World Ability Center values ​​you so much. But you don't need to worry about me at all. Remember when we fought in the botanical garden? That wasn't some kind of illusion..."

"Teleport me," she said to Chen Xuan in her mind.

Is there no one around you?

"No need, I'll just disappear from her sight. It's not the first time something like this has happened." Lin Qing paused, "Besides, this is the only way to truly put their worries to rest."

Chen Xuan immediately understood what she meant. If Lin Qing couldn't truly escape danger, the pressure on Hong Lian and Wang Baihu to lie would increase significantly… No matter how flawless their lie was, it would ultimately become evidence of their betrayal of the organization. Hong Lian was relatively easy to deal with, but Wang Baihu might let slip something in his hesitation, so it was necessary to make them believe that this "flaw" didn't actually exist. "I'll contact you later," Lin Qing winked playfully at her.

At the same time, Chen Xuan activated the customer recall function.

The next second, Lin Qing vanished without a trace in front of the two of them.

"The person has disappeared?" Wang Baihu was taken aback. "Was it an invisibility spell?"

“No…” Honglian tried to reach forward and found nothing in front of her. “No wonder these wanderers dared to openly provoke the mechanism. This is their real trump card.”

"Instant teleportation like yours?"

"They're much more capable than me. They probably don't even need to do any preparation beforehand; they can just leave whenever they want."

"She should have said so earlier if she had such methods! My heart almost stopped!" Wang Baihu patted his chest, looking relieved. As long as Lin Qing wasn't around, at least the charge of betraying the organization wouldn't fall on their heads. "Huh?"

"What's wrong?" Honglian asked him.

Your face is a little red... Are you alright?

"Really?" She touched her cheek. "Uh... it might be from being burned. The air here is over thirty degrees Celsius. I wonder how badly it's burned up there. Let's get out of here quickly."

The two men lifted Yang Tieshan up from behind and ran out of the tunnel as fast as they could.

From the moment they entered until they came out, it only took them a little over nine minutes.

Although the fire was already close to the entrance, Honglian waved her finger and directly moved the burning equipment and materials away, replacing them with things in the factory that had not yet caught fire, instantly suppressing the flames again.

As soon as they left Building No. 2, they were taken aback to find that a crowd had already gathered outside.

Not only that, Honglian even saw several video cameras.

The flashbulbs were going off non-stop.

"They're out! They're out!" someone shouted.

"Great! They rescued one!"

Are there any other people inside?

"It seems... that's all," Wang Baihu replied subconsciously.

"That's good, put out the fire!" With this command, several jets of water shot out from the fire truck, entering the factory from multiple angles. The flickering flames at the window openings immediately receded, replaced by billowing plumes of white steam.

"What exactly did you find in the factory?"

"I heard there's a superpowered crime being planned here, is that right?"

As soon as Yang Tieshan was handed over to the medical staff, a group of people crowded around with microphones in hand, and all kinds of cameras were pointed at them.

Honglian opened her mouth, but didn't know how to answer.

Damn it, what's going on now?
At that moment, a man stepped out from the crowd and blocked their path. He was backlit by the setting sun, the golden light completely enveloping him, so dazzling that his features were obscured. But just by seeing his sharp, unusually colored suit, she knew who he was.

"Please calm down, everyone. My men are quite exhausted. Please give them some space to calm down and get some rest." Xiao Kanong raised his hands, gesturing to the crowd. "As for what kind of conspiracy someone is plotting at Hongda Chemical Factory, and what kind of dangerous battle our officers went through to contain the disaster, I will tell you in detail later!"

(End of this chapter)