The residential buildings of the abandoned chemical plant in the North District.

Gu Tingchen gave a tactical hand signal, and Zhou Zheng led his men to quickly disperse into a search formation.

A piercing noise came from the walkie-talkie.

"Captain Gu, communications have been cut off," Zhou Zheng said in a low voice. "Those bastards installed a full-band jammer. We're blind now."

Gu Tingchen's face was frighteningly grim. He glanced at the old red brick building.

"Building No. 3 has three units. Lao Zhou, you take some men and seal off the back door and the first-floor passage. Don't let a single fly out."

Gu Tingchen quickly issued the order.

Song Qianxia stood at the very back, looking up at the six-story old building.

This place is a textbook example of a murder scene.

The Night Owls went to such lengths to lure Lin Wan here; it definitely wasn't just for a chat or tea.

Lin Wan had no intelligence value. They arrested her to make an example of her and send a warning to the Jiangcheng police.

What's the most sensational way to kill someone?

"Captain Gu," Song Qianxia suddenly spoke, breaking the brief silence.

She pointed to the old-fashioned balcony on the sixth floor.

"They'll fake a fall from a building," Song Qianxia said quickly and clearly.

"This old residential area has no surveillance cameras. The female police officer was investigating a case alone and accidentally fell from the building. This report will be enough to make the Jiangcheng City Public Security Bureau lose face and will leave a shadow in the minds of all field officers."

Gu Tingchen looked in the direction she pointed.

It was a dilapidated balcony without even a safety net. A fall from the sixth floor would be certain death.

"A frontal assault via the stairs is too late," Gu Tingchen made the judgment instantly.

These old buildings don't have elevators. It would take fully armed special police officers at least two minutes to climb to the sixth floor and break down the security door.

The person above could push Lin Wan out of the window in just two seconds.

Song Qianxia turned her baseball cap upside down on her head, her eyes sharpening.

"I'll go up from the outside," Song Qianxia said, pointing to the outside of the wall.

There was a row of rusty cast iron drain pipes and scattered cement slabs for air conditioner outdoor units.

Song Qianxia looked into Gu Tingchen's eyes.

"You go up the stairs from the front, making the biggest noise to attract their attention. I'll climb up from the side and break the window."

This is currently the only viable tactic.

Gu Tingchen didn't waste any words and nodded directly.

"Be careful." He left these four words and led two special police officers straight into the building.

Song Qianxia went around to the side of the building.

She flexed her wrists and looked at the rusty pipe.

Although this body's physical abilities are not as good as in its previous life, all the skills are in its mind.

She leaped into the air and clung tightly to the first-floor windowsill with both hands.

Using the gaps between the bricks as leverage, I nimbly climbed up to the second floor like a nimble night cat.

She walked this distance very quickly, without any of the awkwardness typical of a police academy student.

Her aim was extremely precise, avoiding all the loose bricks that might fall off.

In less than a minute, she had reached the balcony on the fifth floor. Room 602 was right there.

Song Qianxia pressed herself against the wall and slowed her breathing.

A rough pulling sound and a man's curses came from above.

"That bitch is quite the troublemaker! Get her over there quickly, don't waste time!" a rough, hoarse voice roared.

"The cops are coming! Hurry up, push it down and we'll get out of here!" another voice urged.

Song Qianxia poked half her head out and looked through the gap in the balcony.

Lin Wan's hands were tied behind her back, and a rag was stuffed in her mouth.

Her hair was disheveled, and her face was covered in dust. Tears welled up in her eyes.

Two men in black hoodies were grabbing her arms and dragging her toward the half-open windowsill.

Lin Wan desperately kicked the ground with her feet, refusing to cooperate no matter what.

But the difference in strength between men and women was too great. Most of her body had already been pushed out of the window.

The moment those two men let go, she'll fall onto the concrete and turn into a pile of minced meat.

At this critical moment.

"Bang!"

A loud crash came from the old security door.

Gu Tingchen kicked the door lock from the outside. The loud noise made the two men inside pause.

"Police! Drop your weapons!" Gu Tingchen shouted from outside the door.

The battering ram began to pound the iron gate wildly.

The two men exchanged a glance, a fierce glint in their eyes.

"Throw her down!" the gruff-voiced man shouted, reaching out to push Lin Wan's back.

Right now.

Song Qianxia suddenly jumped up from the fifth-floor balcony.

She gripped the edge of the sixth-floor windowsill with one hand and pulled a stun grenade from her pocket with the other.

Use your thumb to pry open the safety ring.

Without any hesitation, Song Qianxia slammed the stun grenade through the half-open window into the center of the living room.

"Close your eyes!"

Song Qianxia roared and suddenly shrank back under the windowsill, covering her ears and closing her eyes tightly.

Lin Wan was stunned by this sudden turn of events, but when she heard the shouts, she instinctively closed her eyes.

"boom!"

A blinding white light exploded in the small living room, accompanied by a tremendous roar.

The two men didn't even have time to react before they were blinded by the bright light and suffered excruciating ear pain.

The two screamed, covered their faces, and retreated.

Taking advantage of the opening, Song Qianxia braced herself against the windowsill and flipped into the room like a cannonball.

She grabbed Lin Wan by the back of her collar and pulled her back forcefully.

Lin Wan fell heavily onto the living room floor, but thankfully she survived.

At that moment, Gu Tingchen kicked the door open.

Two SWAT officers rushed in, carrying riot shields.

Although the two suspects were blind, they reacted quickly.

They had no intention of fighting back; turning around and relying on their memory, they rushed directly towards the second bedroom.

"They're trying to escape!" Song Qianxia shouted.

Gu Tingchen led his men towards the second bedroom. The sound of shattering glass came from inside.

When they chased after them, they only saw a professional rappelling rope tied to a heating pipe.

The rope hung down into the weeds below.

The two suspects had slid to the ground and were running wildly toward a broken bread truck outside the wall.

"Chase them!" Gu Tingchen said coldly, leading his men to give chase.

The living room fell silent again.

Song Qianxia dusted off her hands and squatted down next to Lin Wan.

She reached out and pulled the rag out of Lin Wan's mouth.

Lin Wan was panting heavily, her whole body still trembling uncontrollably.

Her arm was scraped badly on the windowsill, leaving a large patch of skin that was bloody and mangled.

For a moment just now, she really thought she was going to die.

When she was half-suspended in mid-air, looking down at the six-story building below, the sense of despair was enough to break anyone.

Song Qianxia pulled out a tactical folding knife.

With two quick snaps, the nylon cable ties binding Lin Wan's wrists were severed.

"Can you still move your hand?" Song Qianxia asked, her tone as calm as if she were asking about the weather today.

There was no concern whatsoever.

Lin Wan rubbed her swollen wrist, clenching her teeth tightly.

She looked up at Song Qianxia.

The woman in front of me had messy hair and her face was covered in brick dust.

But there was not a trace of panic in those eyes.

Indifferent, calm, even with a hint of spectator's impatience.

Even if Lin Wan is slow to realize it, she should have figured it out by now.

The person who just broke in through the window, accurately threw the stun grenade, and pulled her back from the brink of death.

It's impossible for her to be an intern who relies solely on luck and intuition.

That kind of decisiveness and physical control shown in dangerous situations.

Even the best special police officers in the bureau might not be able to do that.

"Why are you looking at me? Are you scared stiff?" Song Qianxia stood up and patted the dirt off her trousers.

"Get up if you can walk. This place smells musty, it's awful."

Lin Wan bit her lip and slowly stood up, leaning against the wall for support.

She knew she should say thank you. If it weren't for Song Qianxia, ​​she would be a corpse by now.

But Lin Wan's pride prevented her from opening her mouth.

She, a top student from a regular police academy, was actually saved by the good-for-nothing she looked down upon the most.

This is worse than killing her.

Lin Wan turned her head away, swallowing back the "thank you" she was about to say.

"I can walk by myself." Lin Wan's voice was still trembling a little, but she still tried to save face.

Song Qianxia rolled her eyes dramatically.

I really want to kick this woman down again.

"Whatever." Song Qianxia pouted and walked straight out the door.

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