180: Chapter 177 Bloodbath in the Factory (Part 1)

Today in San Francisco, there was a moment of undercurrents that hadn't been seen in a long time.

The municipal police hotline had truly become a "hot" line; calls were flooding in incessantly, almost crashing the system.

They were all from citizens on the street near the northern suburbs, all reporting a vicious incident.

Initially, the police department was busy, but soon they went silent.

After having the switchboard operators give perfunctory replies, the entire police department fell completely silent; one could even see the harmonious scene of officers eating burgers and drinking coffee upon entering the station.

The upper echelons of the city police had long since received their cut.

Logically, this should have been a very serious incident, yet under the "wise" handling of Police Chief John Bills, the captains and deputy chiefs who had received their US dollars were all too happy to play deaf and dumb.

"Your Excellency, the Police Chief, are we really going to turn a blind eye?"

The Deputy Chief was still a bit worried. Sitting in the office, watching the Police Chief across from him leisurely drinking coffee, he secretly admired him.

"Mr. Doug Hall, we must remain steady, don't panic. I have collaborated with this group more than once or twice.

They handle things very reliably, and this is just about dealing with one person from Xia; it will be over soon, and our citizens won't suffer any harm.

Of course, the same goes for the citizens' property. Since neither the citizens' safety nor their property is lost, haven't we avoided wasting the taxpayers' money?"

Police Chief John Bills' argument was indeed quite sound; after thinking it over carefully, the Deputy Chief agreed.

They could take the money, the matter wouldn't escalate, so it was just a small affair.

As for whether anything would happen to that person from Xia, they were even less worried; he was just a member of a Gang, and if he was killed, he was killed—it wouldn't cause any public opinion storm.

They were already enjoying themselves with peace of mind.

Over there, however, it was already a hail of bullets. Dense gunfire pummeled the car body like raindrops. No matter how good the soundproofing was, Li Changsheng felt a buzzing in his ears.

It had to be said, these bulletproof Materials were truly sturdy. Having withstood so many bullets, apart from the dents on the surface, the interior was completely fine.

"Shit! Damn bulletproof car, cut the door open for me!"

As the gunfire paused slightly, a middle-aged man with Middle Eastern features shouted loudly.

He was also helpless; if it weren't for the need to take photos for confirmation, he would have directly used artillery shells and fire to burn it.

Why go to such trouble?

Li Changsheng watched all this silently. He saw an armed man walk over carrying a special electric saw. When he turned on the switch, a harsh metal-cutting sound immediately rang out.

A scarlet line appeared before his eyes, beginning to extend and lengthen upwards and downwards bit by bit.

The squad leader standing not far away watched this scene with a grin. He lit a cigarette and smoked it leisurely.

"Poor guy from Xia, so many people want your life. Damn it, we fight and kill in war zones, and a life is just a cheap life, yet a member of a Gang is actually worth more than the government generals we've encountered before."

Captain Bart muttered indignantly with a cigarette in his mouth.

Their entire team had been deployed this time, mainly because the bounty for the mission was too tempting.

Just surrounding these two broken cars were twenty people, and there were over twenty more guarding outside the factory to prevent Gang members from coming to the rescue.

Besides that, they also had men on the way to the port; it could be said they were well-prepared.

Watching the car door about to be sawed open, Bart raised his hand, signaling everyone not to rush to fire. He wanted to confirm the target first, preferably taking a photo or recording a video.

Time ticked by, and the car door was finally sawed open. The armed man threw down the saw and prepared to pull open the completely ruined car door.

The next moment, Bang!

With a loud explosion, the car door ejected like a cannonball. The armed man's eyes widened; he couldn't dodge in time and was smashed flying several meters away.

For a moment, he couldn't even get up.

And the moment the door ejected, several sounds of breaking air came from right behind it!

Bang, bang, bang!

Three consecutive thuds followed as bodies hit the ground. While Bart was smoking, he watched with his own eyes as three men beside him slumped to the ground simultaneously.

The sudden turn of events made him react quickly.

Just as he was about to give the order to fire, the others had already rapidly unleashed a dense barrage of bullets.

The bullets riddled the seat cushions with holes, and the stuffing from the car seats flew everywhere like snowflakes.

"Missed! Where did he go?!"

After a burst of intense shooting, they realized they had hit nothing. They discovered that the person was no longer in the back seat; after firing three unknown objects, he had jumped to the front seat.

A few people adjusted their angles, preparing to fire again.

Bang!

The front right door suddenly opened, and a figure darted out with incredible speed.

The few people near the front door reacted extremely quickly, firing the moment the door opened.

But it was still too slow. The moment the door opened, several more sounds of breaking air flew out.

A few gunshots rang out, then abruptly ceased.

Looking again, two more people had fallen to the ground.

A figure darted out of the car door, leaving everyone stunned. They had seen tough guys, but never anyone this tough.

Even if there were some shooting techniques they hadn't seen before, they had never seen anyone dare to come out while facing so much firepower.

But the opponent's speed was beyond imagination, and bullets were almost chasing right behind his butt.

Wherever he passed, a barrage of bullets followed.

Da-da!

In a life-or-death second, Li Changsheng narrowly dashed from the car door to behind a load-bearing pillar five meters away.

In this abandoned factory, there were quite a few such load-bearing pillars, nearly forty to fifty centimeters in diameter, cast from reinforced concrete; it was almost impossible to shoot through such a pillar.

Whoosh, whoosh!

Li Changsheng pressed his back against the quadrilateral pillar, his chest heaving violently.

He had only sprinted two steps, but those two steps were both bursts of Dark Energy.

The exhaustion was immense; his brain suffered a brief lack of oxygen, feeling slightly dizzy and swollen. Even now, the hairs on his body remained standing on end.

Just now, he had unleashed Dark Energy, channeling the power to the four extremities—shoulder driving the elbow, elbow driving the hand; hip driving the knee, knee driving the foot—exhaling and releasing the power. With his center of gravity lowered and the force projected forward, this was the "power moving to the four extremities" within Dark Energy.

The extremities of the tendons, the tongue as the extremity of the flesh, the teeth as the extremity of the bone, the hair as the extremity of the blood—all exerted force simultaneously. Aided by the force of the kick and the vibration, Li Changsheng almost slammed headfirst into the load-bearing pillar.

Fortunately, he caught the pillar with both hands, spun his body around, and narrowly stopped his momentum. As he spun, he hid behind it.

At this moment, the gunfire in his ears ceased, as if it had stopped all at once.

There was no sound of talking; all he could hear was the wind echoing in the factory.

Li Changsheng closed his eyes, his ears twitching slightly as he listened to everything around him.

With his consciousness highly focused, his hearing, smell, and even touch were elevated to another level.

Rustle! That was the sound of tactical boots slightly rubbing against the ground.

Closer!

Getting closer and closer!