Chapter 874: Chapter 879: Pursuing Lin Guodong
"And what about you?"
"Lin Guodong just escaped, he shouldn’t have gone far, maybe we can catch up with him."
"Alright then, be careful." With that, Kaelina pushed the bed and quickly left.
After Kaelina left, Ling Chen contacted Tang Guolun and Liu Dongsheng through the headset. Before long, the three of them met up.
"Ling Chen, there are police officers on duty outside Joy Valley, so if anyone leaves Joy Valley, the police will definitely notice. But I just took a look, there’s no movement outside Joy Valley," Tang Guolun said. "The God Organization has so many people, if they are trying to escape from Joy Valley, they can’t just disappear silently, there will definitely be some traces left behind."
"Boss Tang, what do you think?"
"I think..." Tang Guolun’s eyes flickered, and he said, "A cunning rabbit has three burrows, let alone people from the God Organization. Although you found their temporary base, how can you ensure the God Organization has only one temporary base here? Joy Valley is vast, with many hidden places, maybe they’ve built other bases."
Hearing Tang Guolun’s analysis, Ling Chen nodded, thinking it made some sense. Although rescuing Little Hua took some time, it wasn’t too long. When he came out of the temporary base via the safety passage, Lin Guodong and the others were all gone without a trace, which was really strange.
Due to today’s explosion incident, the police have been highly attentive, dispatching many officers to be on duty even late at night. Both inside and outside, Joy Valley is crawling with police. If Lin Guodong had escaped with a large group, it would surely have alerted the police. Furthermore, Hu Fei had already infiltrated Joy Valley’s security system and could monitor the situation in Joy Valley in real-time.
Ling Chen asked Hu Fei, but there was nothing found on the surveillance. It’s impossible for Lin Guodong and the others to just vanish without a cause. From this, it’s apparent that Tang Guolun’s deduction is highly probable.
After pondering for a moment, Ling Chen looked back at the utility room. He had just escaped from there.
"Ling Chen!" At this point, Liu Dongsheng pointed to the surveillance camera not far away and said, "That camera is aimed right at the utility room. Ask Mr. Hu to bring up the surveillance footage and see if anything was overlooked."
In less than two minutes, Hu Fei had already sent back the information, and the camera had not captured anyone.
"That’s impossible!" Ling Chen frowned. He clearly saw Lin Guodong escape through the safety passage, how could he not see anyone, unless he had some invisibility trick?
"That’s it!"
While thinking, a sudden inspiration flashed across Ling Chen’s mind.
Just because the surveillance didn’t capture Lin Guodong doesn’t mean Lin Guodong had a way to avoid the cameras. From another perspective, it’s very likely Lin Guodong never left the utility room, which is why the cameras didn’t capture him.
If that’s the case... Thinking of this, Ling Chen immediately ran towards the utility room.
Tang Guolun and Liu Dongsheng exchanged glances and quickly followed Ling Chen’s footsteps.
Entering the utility room, Ling Chen flipped the switch on the wall. Under the dim light, the piled-up items in the utility room came into view.
On the floor of the utility room, there was a movable wooden plank, the place where Ling Chen had just come out from. Besides that hidden safety exit, the room was filled with brooms, dustpans, and some bulging canvas bags all piled along the wall.
While Ling Chen was searching the utility room, Tang Guolun squatted beside the safety exit, looking at the wooden plank with great interest.
After a while, seeing Tang Guolun squatting there without moving, Ling Chen couldn’t resist asking, "Boss Tang, what are you looking at?"
Tang Guolun snapped his fingers and smiled, "No need to search, I know how they left."
Hearing this, Ling Chen quickly asked, "You know?"
Tang Guolun pointed to the movable wooden plank on the floor and said, "The key actually lies in this wooden plank. You just came out of here, right?"
Ling Chen nodded.
"Good." Tang Guolun smiled slightly, and casually lifted the wooden plank, gently moving it aside. Instantly, the exit Ling Chen had previously come through was covered by the plank, and another exit appeared beside it.
Seeing this, Ling Chen was momentarily stunned, his eyes a bit vacant.
"Boss Tang, this is..."
"It’s a relatively simple magic trick," Tang Guolun explained. "There are actually two passages below this wooden plank, but if you don’t know the principle, you would treat it as a single safety exit and wouldn’t think otherwise. I must say, the person who designed this is very clever, but it’s unfortunate they met me. I’ve encountered similar mechanisms abroad before, but this one is more sophisticated and not easy to detect."
Hearing this, Ling Chen’s mouth curled into a grin; he gave a thumbs-up and praised without reservation, "Boss Tang, you’re amazing."
"Alright! Stop with the flattery, hurry up and pursue them."
Ling Chen responded and immediately jumped into the passage.
Indeed!
Looking at the surrounding environment of the passage, Ling Chen thought to himself, this place is entirely different from the previous safety passage.
Following the passage forward, after about forty meters, Ling Chen heard a conversation up ahead. Right then, Ling Chen gestured to Tang Guolun and Liu Dongsheng behind him to slow their pace.
As the conversation grew clearer, Ling Chen took a deep breath, his toes lightly tapping the ground, his body shot forward like an arrow released from a bow.
In an instant, three security personnel guarding outside the passage appeared in Ling Chen’s view.
The three security personnel were caught off guard, utterly stunned, with a dazed look on their faces.
Taking advantage of the moment, Ling Chen didn’t utter a word, striking swiftly. In the blink of an eye, all three security personnel fell to the ground without making a sound, rendered unconscious.
"Clear!"
Upon hearing Ling Chen’s voice, Tang Guolun and Liu Dongsheng immediately stepped out of the passage.
Glancing at the security personnel on the ground, Tang Guolun asked, "Ling Chen, do you have a plan?"
"When I rushed into the temporary base earlier, I didn’t notice any strong fighters around Lin Guodong. Just the three of us should be able to handle it. Boss Tang, you focus on controlling the computer. Boss Liu, help contain the security personnel and prevent them from bothering me. As for Lin Guodong... leave him to me," Ling Chen arranged. This was an excellent opportunity for him. Previously, Ji Gang was protecting Lin Guodong, making it impossible for him to make a move. But this time, with Ji Gang absent, let’s see who can safeguard Lin Guodong.
With everything ready, Ling Chen took the lead, passing through an anti-explosion door, and his gaze was immediately drawn to Lin Guodong, who stood in front of the computer. At this moment, Lin Guodong was gesturing at the screen, saying something unknown. However, judging by his wide, delighted grin, he was evidently pleased about something.
Hmph!
Wait and see, soon you’ll be crying!