The wedding was livestreamed by the sister, revealing his identity as a Taoist priest.

Inside the first black van in the mercenary convoy.

The gaunt man, codenamed "Shadow," stared at the laptop screen, his fingers flying across the keyboard.

Suddenly, he stopped moving.

A red warning window popped up in the bottom right corner of the screen.

An anomaly was observed in the signal tracking waveform.

"Boss."

Zhao Tiezhu, with a cigarette dangling from his lips, leaned back in his seat without even lifting his eyelids.

"We've been discovered."

The atmosphere inside the car instantly froze.

The two members in the back row looked up at the same time, and their hands instinctively went to their waists.

"Shadow" didn't stop typing on the keyboard, while adding to the comment.

"Triangulation, a national-level technology, is highly accurate and is tracking our movement trajectory in real time."

Zhao Tiezhu exhaled a puff of smoke.

The smoke spread through the cramped carriage, blurring the scar on his face that ran from his ear to his collarbone.

Then he laughed, a slightly amused laugh.

"So what if we found out?"

He flicked away the ash from his cigarette, his voice languid.

"Those guys from Jincheng spotted us too, they even set up an ambush, but what happened?"

He turned his head and glanced at "Shadow".

"We made a fool of them."

The two people in the back row exchanged a glance, and their tense shoulders relaxed.

Zhao Tiezhu put the cigarette back in his mouth and took a deep drag.

"No matter how fast these people react, it will take them at least fifteen minutes to get from the Municipal Bureau to the Convention Center, but we only need five minutes."

"Shadow" nodded and turned her attention back to the screen.

His finger switched to a different screen, and he began to penetrate the security system of the convention center.

ten seconds.

Thirty seconds.

One minute.

"Shadow" frowned more and more deeply.

"What's wrong?"

Zhao Tiezhu noticed it.

"The security at this exhibition..."

"Shadow" pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses, and for the first time, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

"The firewall has a military-grade two-layer architecture, the camera system operates independently of the public network, and the security hub has a physical isolation layer. If I want to silently disable the access control and alarm systems..."

He looked at Zhao Tiezhu.

"It will take at least twenty minutes."

There was a two-second silence inside the car.

Zhao Tiezhu stubbed out his cigarette on the metal frame of the car door handle, the cigarette butt hissing as it went.

"Twenty minutes?"

"Who said we had to do it secretly?"

He turned his head and looked at the passenger seat.

A burly man, the size of a bear, sat there, his shoulders so broad they almost touched the roof of the car.

He had a long, black, hard-shell box lying across his knees.

"Big Hammer".

Zhao Tiezhu called him.

"Have you brought everything?"

Big Hammer turned his head, revealing a set of uneven, yellow teeth.

"We brought six C4 cartridges, two RPGs, twelve flashbangs and twelve smoke grenades, and eight shotgun shells for breaching doors."

He patted the box on his lap, his voice muffled.

"Enough to level that place."

Zhao Tiezhu nodded.

"This time, we're not going to rely on technical skill."

He glanced at everyone in the car, his eyes filled with madness.

"Quickly and decisively, blast open the gate, rush in, grab the lamp, and leave."

He held up three fingers.

"Three minutes."

Big Hammer laughed loudly, the sound so rough that it made the car windows vibrate.

"That's exactly what I've been waiting to hear!"

He slapped the dashboard.

"What's the point of stealing? That's exactly what I did back in the Middle East! I just ripped them up!"

Zhao Tiezhu picked up the walkie-talkie and switched to the vehicle team channel.

"Listen up, everyone."

His voice instantly turned cold, carrying the chilling tone characteristic of a seasoned battlefield commander.

"Plan changed. Abandon the infiltration plan and instead launch a direct assault. Vehicle number one will breach the door, vehicle number two will provide cover, and vehicle number three will provide backup."

"Once inside, there's only one target! The glass display case in the center of the circular exhibition hall!"

"Get the goods and retreat immediately."

"Do you understand?"

Two short, static beeps responded from the walkie-talkie.

Zhao Tiezhu threw down the walkie-talkie and took one last look at the streetlights flashing past the window.

It's one kilometer away from the convention center.

……

the other side.

Three armed police special forces vehicles sped along the city streets.

The sirens didn't sound, and the car lights didn't turn on.

Inside the first car, Qin Ling sat in the passenger seat, staring at the tablet computer in his hand.

On the screen, three red dots are rapidly approaching a blue marker.

Blue marker, Qingcheng International Convention and Exhibition Center.

"Eight hundred meters to the target."

Qiu Yuanzhi's voice came through the communication channel.

Qinling's teeth were grinding together.

"And what about us?"

The driver glanced at the navigation system.

"Following the current route, it will take another... ten minutes."

Ten minutes!

In the field of special operations, what can be done in ten minutes?

Enough to take down a three-story building.

Enough to clear out all the people on an entire floor.

They were able to disappear into the night with the target item.

Qinling slammed his fist on the dashboard.

"Oh shit!"

"Can you go any faster!"

The driver had already floored the accelerator.

"Captain, there's a speed limit zone ahead..."

"Charge!"

The vehicle accelerated suddenly, and the engine roared.

The three special forces soldiers in the back seat silently checked their equipment.

The bulletproof vest is fastened, the tactical helmet is secured, and the Type 95 assault rifle is loaded.

Everyone's breathing became heavier.

Qin Ling stared intently at the red dot on the screen.

Six hundred meters.

Four hundred meters.

Two hundred meters.

"They've arrived."

Qiu Yuanzhi's voice came through, carrying an ominous calm.

"Three cars are parked in the parking lot on the east side of the convention center."

Qinling's pupils contracted to their maximum.

"Security systems for conventions and exhibitions!"

He abruptly pressed the communication button.

"Engineer Qiu! How long can the security over there hold out?!"

The rapid clicking of keyboards filled the communication channel.

Qiu Yuanzhi is remotely accessing the security system terminal of the convention center.

Ten seconds later, his voice came.

The tone changed.

It was with a distinct sense of surprise.

"wait……"

A few more seconds of keyboard clicks followed.

"This security system..."

Qiu Yuanzhi's voice slowed down.

"What's wrong?"

The Qinling Mountains are a narrow passage.

Something's not right.

Qiu Yuanzhi suddenly started speaking faster.

"This is no ordinary commercial security system! The underlying architecture of this system is military-grade! It features dual firewalls with physical isolation, independent camera systems, and three redundant backups for the alarm module!"

He took a deep breath.

"Moreover, the exhibition area has been equipped with museum-level security for cultural relics, with infrared fences, vibration sensors, and bulletproof glass covers that are three times thicker than the standard."

There was a hint of disbelief in his voice.

"This level of security configuration ranks among the top ten in the country. It's no wonder that the exhibition hall is staffed by national treasure-level experts. Someone had upgraded the entire system in advance."

The expressions of everyone in the car relaxed slightly.

"With this level of defense, even if the other side were professional mercenaries, a direct assault would take three to five minutes just to break down the door, not to mention the internal security response, the system's automatic alarm activation and linkage with the police..."

He can do mental calculations quickly.

"Ten minutes should be enough."

Qinling's fingers loosened.

ten minutes.

If the security at the convention center can hold them off for ten minutes, they will be able to arrive.

When the time comes, they'll be caught in a pincer movement, and these guys won't be able to escape.

"Listen up, everyone."

Qinling pressed the convoy's communication button, his voice returning to its cold, hard tone.

"The target has arrived at the convention center. We are ten minutes away. Once we arrive, proceed according to Plan B3: seal off all exits and leave no stone unturned."

"receive!"

"receive!"

The atmosphere inside the car went from extremely tense to slightly relaxed.

ten minutes.

Just ten minutes.

He silently recited it in his heart.

It should be fine.

That level of security wouldn't be enough to break through in just a few minutes, even for a regular army...

"boom!"

A loud bang.

It came from a very distant place.

Everyone turned their heads sharply.

Outside the car window.

The southwest direction of the city.

A ball of orange-red fire shot into the air and exploded in the dark night sky.

The firelight illuminated half the sky.

The car was deathly silent.

Qinling's face, illuminated by the firelight, turned a terrifying, iron-blue color.

The words were squeezed out one by one from between his teeth.

"That direction..."

"It's a convention and exhibition center."

Qiu Yuanzhi's voice boomed over the communication channel.

"Security system... completely down! All signals... gone!!"

Qin Ling gripped the armrest in front of him tightly, his nails almost digging into the leather.

They did not break down the door.

They exploded!