Gu Tingchen didn't have time to argue with her.

He waved his hand, his voice cold: "Assault!"

The special police officers quickly raised their submachine guns and rushed into the screening room like wolves and tigers.

In the screening room.

The judge sat in front of several huge monitors, admiring his masterpiece with smug satisfaction.

He clearly didn't expect the police to break down the door without triggering an alarm.

Hearing footsteps, he turned around abruptly.

The pale white mask looked particularly eerie in the reflection of the screen.

"Police! Don't move!"

Zhou Zheng was the first to rush forward, pressing the muzzle of his gun directly against the judge's head.

The judge trembled with fright, and the wine glass in his hand fell to the ground and shattered.

But he reacted extremely quickly.

He slammed his right hand down on a large red button next to the keyboard.

"Damn it! He's activated the backup program!" the demolition expert shouted.

On the big screen, the scene in the live broadcast room changed instantly.

The water pipes that were slowly filling with water suddenly had all the valves opened wide.

The high-pressure water jet gushed down like a waterfall.

The water level in the tanks where the three wealthy businessmen were located began to rise at a visible rate.

The countdown, which originally had ten minutes left, jumped to one minute!

"Hahaha!" The judge, pinned to the ground, continued to laugh maniacally.

"So what if you catch me! The game is already beyond repair!"

"They must die today!"

Gu Tingchen grabbed the judge by the collar and lifted him up from the ground.

"Why did you stop this mechanism?!" Gu Tingchen asked sternly.

"It won't stop! This is a mechanically programmed, hard-coded underlying logic! There's no undo command!"

The judge, carried away by his triumph, laughed wildly.

Director Qin, along with several cyber police officers, rushed in and frantically typed on the computer.

"Captain Gu! His mainframe system is completely locked! The password is dynamically encrypted!"

Director Qin was sweating profusely, unable to break it open at all.

Fifty seconds.

Forty seconds.

The three wealthy businessmen in the picture are completely submerged in water.

They strained to tilt their heads back, pressing their noses to the top of the iron cage, breathing in the last bit of air.

Zhao Ming roared into the walkie-talkie.

"Captain Gu! We've located the hostage on the third floor!"

"But the water tank is made of explosion-proof tempered glass! It can't be broken in a short time!"

The entire operation was on the verge of ending in a disastrous defeat.

Millions of viewers in the live stream witnessed this scene, and the chat window crashed.

Everyone is witnessing the police's incompetence.

Song Qianxia stood at the very back, still holding the hair clip in her hand.

She couldn't help but stare at the so-called "irreversible mechanism" on the big screen.

"laugh."

Song Qianxia let out a contemptuous laugh.

The sound was particularly jarring in the tense screening room.

Gu Tingchen turned to look at her: "What are you laughing at?"

"I laughed at him for being an idiot." Song Qianxia pointed to the judge who was being held down on the ground.

"What irreversible mechanical logic? This broken mechanism is an insult to mechanical engineering."

Song Qianxia walked directly to the big screen.

She didn't look at the locked mainframe computer.

Instead, they were focused on the distribution of water pipes in the image.

"Deputy Captain Zhao!" Song Qianxia grabbed the walkie-talkie and took over command.

Listen carefully.

"There's a thick red pipe to the left and behind the water tank. That's not a water pipe!"

Song Qianxia speaks very quickly and clearly.

"That's the power supply cable tray for the high-pressure water pump!"

Zhao Ming immediately led his men to the back of the water tank from the third floor.

"Found it! There's a red pipe!" Zhao Ming shouted.

"Listen, forget about the password. The core weakness of this mechanism isn't in its software, but in its physical power supply!"

Song Qianxia stared at the screen, her eyes sharp.

"Aim your sidearm at the junction box that protrudes about one meter above the ground on the red tube."

"Empty the magazine and smash it!"

The sound of Zhao Ming drawing his gun without hesitation came through the walkie-talkie.

The judge struggled frantically on the ground.

"Impossible! That junction box was encased in insulating steel!"

"Bang bang bang bang!"

Six gunshots rang out in succession.

In the live stream, a blinding burst of electrical sparks erupted from the junction box.

Followed by.

A long "humming" sound.

The high-pressure water pump lost power instantly.

The previously gushing water jet suddenly weakened and turned into a thin stream.

The water level stopped completely three centimeters from the top of the iron cage.

The three wealthy merchants suddenly popped their heads out of the water, panting heavily.

ten seconds.

The countdown stopped at the last ten seconds.

The operation was halted, and the hostages were rescued.

Everyone in the screening room breathed a long sigh of relief.

The demolition expert leaned weakly against the wall, while Director Qin wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

The millions of viewers in the live stream recovered from their shock.

The comments section instantly shifted.

"Holy crap! Those shots that blew up the electrical box were so cool!"

"So it wasn't a password cracking, it was a direct physical exorcism!"

"Jiangcheng police are awesome! Their solution to this crisis is brilliant!"

The judge's mask had fallen off, revealing the face of an ordinary middle-aged man.

His face was full of disbelief, and his eyes were bloodshot as he stared at Song Qianxia.

"Impossible... How could you possibly spot the power cable tray at a glance!"

The judge broke down and shouted so loudly that his voice cracked.

"I used a hybrid concealed wiring method! Even a professional electrician couldn't tell!"

Song Qianxia squatted down and looked at the face that was distorted by anger.

She shook her head, somewhat speechless.

"Brother, tie the high-pressure water line and the high-pressure power line together in the same trench."

Song Qianxia's tone was full of sympathy.

"Anyone who has taken a junior high school physics class knows that this kind of wiring will produce magnetic field interference."

"In your footage, whenever the water flow increases, severe snow-like stripes appear on the monitor in the lower left corner."

Song Qianxia stood up, looked down at him, and couldn't help but complain.

"With a design like this that leaks electricity, you still have the nerve to call it a courtroom?"

"Even the owner of the escape room where I used to work would think your mechanism is too rudimentary."

"You don't even meet the standards of a beginner's experience area."

Upon hearing this, the judge rolled his eyes and nearly vomited blood in anger.

Gu Tingchen stood aside and witnessed the entire process of Song Qianxia breaking the deadlock in an instant.

The man stepped forward.

"Take him away," Gu Tingchen ordered Zhou Zheng.

The special police escorted the judge out, leaving only Gu Tingchen and Song Qianxia in the room.

Gu Tingchen walked up to Song Qianxia.

"Song Qianxia." Gu Tingchen's voice was very calm.

"Are you sure that owner just runs an escape room?"

Song Qianxia's heart skipped a beat.

She looked up and met Gu Tingchen's unfathomable black eyes.

Gu Tingchen didn't press her further, but instead gave her a meaningful look.

"Well done."

The man turned and walked out, his figure disappearing into the corridor.

Song Qianxia stood there and let out a long sigh.

It’s over.

The way this living devil is looking at her now is as if she's a walking, unsolved mystery.

Next time something like this happens, I'll just play dead.

After all, no matter how important your wallet is, it's not as important as your life.

She muttered to herself as she slowly followed them out.

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