With a loud bang, the water in the fish tank began to slowly overflow. Just as I was about to ask her how she discovered it, the fish tank slowly shattered, turning into a pile of powder scattered all around. Li Fan's people remained in their original floating state, falling onto the glass-strewn floor. His skin was immediately scraped, but the impact woke him up. He realized we were not far away and struggled a bit. I initially thought the electric current would do something to him, but then I realized the current had long stopped.
At this moment, I looked at Yu Ning beside me. She walked out of an electrical room and, upon seeing me, clapped her hands and said, "A small matter. The power is out, the person is saved, and now it's pitch dark all around."
"There's still water here, we shouldn't turn on the electricity," Du Wan Tian suggested. She had already gone to Li Fan's side, helped him up, and used her dagger to cut his ropes, freeing him. After Li Fan was rescued, he quickly recovered. Given his SWAT physique, these were minor issues. If he hadn't been submerged for so long, his limbs would have been able to move nimbly much earlier.
"How did you find this place?" Li Fan asked.
I looked at Liu Yu Ning and Du Wan Tian. Wan Tian said, "Never mind that, let's continue upstairs. Your people are still upstairs. At least a hundred SWAT officers have been held captive here."
"Alright!"
We continued upstairs. This time, we had intended to use the elevator, but the power was out. We had to walk through the water on the floor. It was impossible to restore the power.
After passing through, we went directly up the stairs. However, after only a few steps, several mercenaries rushed down from upstairs. They intended to shoot at us, but we were faster, hitting them directly in the head.
Li Fan didn't have a gun at the moment, but after taking down a few people, he managed to get an assault rifle. We also picked up these weapons, as it would be a waste not to use them. If we didn't have heavy firepower, dealing with these mercenaries would be even more difficult. I had previously acquired a light machine gun, and with continuous firing, we soon reached the third floor. We found countless SWAT officers locked in bottles that looked like quicksand. Fortunately, no sand was falling on them. We directly smashed the glass with our gun butts and rescued them. Seeing us, the SWAT officers were overjoyed. After we took down a few more mercenaries who rushed to support them, we replenished the SWAT officers with weapons. The extra weapons we had were given to those without any. Their equipment had been completely taken, but ours had not. I was now more certain that this was intentionally done by Huan He Feng.
He felt he could still play with me and didn't want to kill me so quickly, otherwise, he would find it boring.
Being playful and not taking others seriously might be his greatest fatal weakness.
When we reached the fourth floor and continued walking, we unexpectedly found some hostages there. Judging by their appearance, they seemed to be white-collar workers brought back from outside. After rescuing the hostages, one of them anxiously asked, "You aren't also one of them, are you?"
"Don't worry, we are police officers. This lumber mill has been liberated by us, and we can guard it from now on!"
"Wuwu, really? Actually, we used to be staff here too. But after the island was occupied, the factory was taken over by some criminal gangs. They killed most of our employees and enslaved the factory director. Now the director has joined them. Their leader manages a portion of the people for the director, probably to win him over. I feel like the director has completely changed."
"I understand. We will liberate other parts of this island one by one. Then we will find a way to contact the outside world, eradicate them, and completely resolve the issues here."
"Oh, that's great, officer. We hope you succeed. We don't want to stay here anymore." The several white-collar workers said in unison.
I thought these people were office workers at the factory before, so they spoke politely and acted refined. We were about to set off to clear out the remaining members of the organization in the lumber mill, but a white-collar worker suddenly grabbed me and said, "Don't rush. In the office, we left some things behind. At that time, the director was threatened there and almost died, but I took some photos. They are stored behind the cabinet on the left. There's a mobile phone there!"
"Alright, we'll deal with the criminals first. Otherwise, they will drive us away. These people will not surrender until we have completely resolved the issues on Zhen Shui Island. Controlling them will be very dangerous, as they will try to escape at any time. We don't have many handcuffs, so we only have these left."
If there were no other options, none of us would want to kill without mercy, let alone us being police officers.
Instead of a direct assault, we dispersed and launched surprise attacks on the remaining threats. Soon, these individuals were eliminated from behind. Such criminals cannot be shown any mercy. Their crimes are no different from those of terrorists. The minister has ordered that they can be shot and killed if necessary.
These people have been thoroughly brainwashed by the organization. Even imprisonment cannot change their minds, and they will continue to harm society upon release. However, if we can capture them, we will still sentence them according to regulations.
Under our guerrilla tactics and sneak attack strategies, the lumber mill was completely swept clean. After dealing with their bodies, we set up some barriers at the entrance of the lumber mill. Then, we left some police officers inside to keep watch, changed into mercenary uniforms, and pretended that nothing had happened for the time being.
In fact, we held an impromptu meeting in the factory's conference room.
The current leaders are me, Liu Yu Ning, Du Wan Tian, and Li Fan, along with several SWAT officers. The others are monitoring the situation outside. As for He Bai Ling and He Jing Hui, their Qinggong is superb and their stealth is extremely high, so they are continuing to be our scouts, moving around outside.
At the meeting, Liu Yu Ning spoke first: "The island is quite large. If we take them down one by one, it's clearly unrealistic. Even if we can, it will take a lot of time."
"That's right. We should target the island's communication station for an attack. If we gain control of communications, it will be much easier to contact the outside world."
"Yes, Young Master. Although Minister Mr. will search for us when he realizes we are missing, at most he will find the cemetery and won't know we were captured here. Therefore, he cannot provide us with immediate rescue."