Chapter 493 - 491: The Police Arrive
The officer nodded, while Zhang Yufei walked up to Chen Tianlong, took a deep breath, bit her lip, cuffed Chen Tianlong, and then whispered in his ear, "What’s going on? How could you be so careless?"
"Haha, it’s hard to guard against every trick." Chen Tianlong forced a bitter smile; after all, he’s not an immortal who could foresee every ambush, he could only accept his bad luck.
The police quickly took Chen Tianlong away, but Mo Yun was highly frustrated.
His original plan was to cripple Chen Tianlong first, then have the police arrest him, turning him into a disabled man and imprisoning him—truly a ruthless punishment.
Zhao Bing led the way, with eight police cars driving in unison towards the station, while Chen Tianlong sat in the third last car, handcuffed and secured by two officers.
However, such handcuffs were useless to Chen Tianlong; with a bit of Qi cultivation, he could easily break free. But Chen Tianlong didn’t want to become a fugitive; he needed to think of a clever way to get away.
Coincidentally,
Earlier that morning, the police were escorting a prisoner from a mysterious organization to the Nanhai City Prison, and the route passed less than ten kilometers between the Mo Family’s compound and the police station.
"Boom!"
While passing through a small wooded area, just after Zhao Bing’s car went by, an explosion sounded from behind. He urgently stopped the car, and everyone rushed out, only to see the three police cars behind them engulfed in thick smoke.
"Not good, someone hijacked the prisoner." Zhao Bing immediately realized something was wrong and was equally frustrated.
Logically, Chen Tianlong had just been arrested, so no one should know, and knowing Chen Tianlong’s character, he wouldn’t do something so reckless.
What’s going on now?
With suspicion, Zhao Bing led the remaining officers, cautiously approaching while holding their guns, proceeding slowly as the area ahead was filled with smoke, making it impossible to see clearly.
Just then, the sound of car engines started up in front, two cars simultaneously, and by the roar of the engines, it was obvious they were desperately fleeing.
"Not good, the criminals are escaping, get in the car, quickly."
Again, Zhao Bing was the first to react, urgently ordering everyone to get back into the vehicles.
Everyone nodded and hurried back to their positions but just when they were about to dash through the smoke, the car ahead exploded.
Three successive explosions.
"Damn it, they even used timed bombs. Whose grandchild are these people?" Zhao Bing was about to explode with rage. These guys clearly didn’t give a damn about the police.
Obviously, catching up was impossible now. The road was blocked, and there was only one way through, which would require taking a detour, at least seven or eight minutes, by which time the criminals would’ve long escaped.
With no options, Zhao Bing could only give orders to rescue the wounded. Luckily, the criminals didn’t intend to kill; after knocking people unconscious, they were thrown into a ditch by the roadside, while Chen Tianlong was clearly taken away.
"Report, Chief, no fatalities, two colleagues suffered minor injuries, and prisoner Chen Tianlong was taken away. Shall we start a citywide manhunt?" a policeman reported.
"No, wait for my notification," Zhao Bing felt these events weren’t simple. It definitely wasn’t Chen Tianlong’s accomplices.
This whole thing, had Chen Tianlong not notified me ten minutes in advance, even he wouldn’t have known. How could outsiders know and prepare so thoroughly?
However, unbeknownst to Zhao Bing, the criminals had played a joke on them.
Initially, this group intended to rescue an accomplice from another convoy, but they rescued the wrong person. In their anxious moment, they didn’t check carefully, and many participating in the operation didn’t even recognize the prisoner.
The two cars sped towards an abandoned factory, their prearranged destination for escape.
After an unknown amount of time, Chen Tianlong regained consciousness, clearly realizing he had been rescued by mistake, and was knocked out again.
At this moment, Chen Tianlong noticed a woman sleeping in front of him, her appearance impressively striking.
The factory, full of garbage and rusty machines, was dimly lit. Looking out through the window, there was nothing but darkness, not a hint of light.
After being shaken by the explosions, Chen Tianlong’s head ached fiercely as he opened his eyes in confusion, not knowing how long he’d been out or what kind of hellhole he was in.
The woman in front was asleep, her long hair partially covering a stunningly beautiful face. Her golden-ratio figure’s curves caught Chen Tianlong’s eyes for a while.
His hands were cuffed behind his back, and his feet were tied with ropes. He tried approaching the unknown woman to wake her up but failed several times.
This rundown place, looking every bit like a remote wilderness from the outside, fit the image of where criminals would hide, as seen on TV. Chen Tianlong couldn’t help but worry; this woman was probably in dire straits now.
Since he was already a prisoner, there was no rush to return, offering some time to think of a way to escape. This mishap truly gave him a headache; barely arrested by the police, then rescued — that was an escape adding to his crimes, making it worse.
Fortunately, being escorted by Zhao Bing personally, he would surely suppress the news, not revealing his escape easily.
After about half an hour, the woman finally woke up, groaning, as she rubbed the back of her head.
"Finally awake?" Chen Tianlong asked softly.
This question was like a bomb, startling the woman upright. Seeing a strange man not far away, she fiercely demanded, "Who... who are you?"
"I mean, do you really need to ask that question? Being in a place like this together means we’re in danger - fellow sufferers in a strange land," Chen Tianlong languidly lamented.
Seeing Chen Tianlong’s hands and feet tied, the woman felt slightly relieved, rubbed her legs, and stood up, walking to the door, pulling on it strongly, but it was locked tight. She tried calling out a few times, but nobody responded, only wind howling outside.
"Save your strength," Chen Tianlong, sitting on the ground, advised.
Seeing all her efforts were futile, Chen Tianlong glanced at the woman, who didn’t seem ordinary. He couldn’t figure out why she was captured. The woman, now sitting powerlessly on the grassy ground, had long forgotten her phobia of dirt.
She realized she’d been kidnapped; the reason was obvious. The criminals must have come for the project she managed or some unspeakable secret. Whichever it was, Lin Xiaoting pessimistically envisioned her fate.
Being utterly powerless and unable to escape, there was only a young man beside her whom she hardly counted on; she was continuously thinking of what to do, utterly ignoring Chen Tianlong next to her.