Chapter 429: The End!

The ear-piercing sound of glass shattering rang out.

Gales of wind mixed with icy rain poured frantically into the spacious study through the broken window.

A large patch of the expensive, handmade Persian carpet was instantly soaked.

In this place, which was originally considered the safest central hub of the entire scam compound...

This boss of the compound, who usually stood high above others and held the power of life and death over thousands, completely panicked.

All his composure and cruelty vanished in an instant.

The tiny shards of glass scattered on the floor reflected his face, which was twisted and deformed by extreme fear.

'There's an attack!'

'This is an assassination attempt against me!' Such a thought surfaced in his mind.

Driven by survival instinct...

He couldn't even be bothered to check the surveillance footage on the computer screen.

Although his legs were as soft as noodles, he still gritted his teeth.

His feet pushed off the expensive carpet as he prepared to turn around.

He planned to vault over the wide executive desk to find a safe place to hide.

Behind the bookshelf was a hidden mezzanine room he had spent a fortune to build.

As long as he hid inside, even if those outside used explosives, they wouldn't be able to break in for a while.

...

However.

Just as his body had completed half of the turn.

Before he even had time to take a step.

In the next second.

He only felt a chill at the back of his head.

His movements froze mid-air.

An indescribable sense of powerlessness, like a tide, rapidly spread from that cool point to every limb and bone.

He was somewhat dazed.

Subconsciously, he raised his slightly trembling right hand.

He reached back.

His palm gently touched the back of his head.

His fingertips felt a very smooth, finger-sized indentation.

Immediately following that.

A warm liquid gushed out through the gaps between his fingers.

He struggled to bring his hand back in front of his eyes.

Under the dim light of the study.

His pupils instantly constricted.

Blood?

In his vision, his hand was covered in crimson bloodstains.

His vocal cords vibrated violently as he tried to let out a cry for help.

But he couldn't even squeeze out a single syllable.

The next second.

His brain completely cut off all nerve commands.

His entire being completely lost all signs of life.

His tall body was like a mollusk with its spine removed.

He fell straight forward.

He crashed heavily beside the computer that was displaying the surveillance footage.

His forehead hit the keyboard, producing a messy sound of keys being pressed.

Crimson blood flowed along the tabletop, dripping steadily onto the carpet.

...

Meanwhile.

Not far from this study filled with the scent of death.

The perspective shifts to the side.

Inside this exquisitely decorated luxury villa.

Following the corridor, inside a secluded guest room on the first floor.

On a large leather sofa and in a corner covered with a plush carpet.

Three beautiful women were locked up.

These three young girls were currently huddling close together.

They were originally obscure little models back home.

They usually made a living by taking on commercial performances and print shoots.

Some time ago.

Someone claiming to be from an international talent agency suddenly contacted them.

They heard there was an opportunity for a large-scale high-end jewelry show here.

The offered compensation was so high it was impossible to refuse.

The girls, carrying dreams of wealth and stardom, happily came together.

In their fantasies...

Landing should have meant flashbulbs, red carpets, and high-end hotel suites.

...

But.

Reality dealt them the cruelest of blows.

Just after getting off the plane.

Their passports and phones were forcibly taken by several rough-looking men who met them at the airport.

Afterward, they were blindfolded, stuffed into a musty-smelling van, and brought here after a bumpy journey.

It was only then.

They finally discovered with horror that they had fallen into a carefully laid trap.

This place was actually a scam compound that devoured people without leaving a trace.

In this godforsaken place.

They witnessed with their own eyes those who tried to escape being whipped until their flesh was torn by guards using studded leather belts.

Those desperate screams haunted their ears every day.

And for these three girls...

Beautiful women with such good looks and figures.

Once they arrived at such a lawless scam compound...

Their fate was predictable.

Sooner or later, they would be gang-raped.

...

At this moment.

The light in the room was somewhat dim.

The three girls' wrists and ankles were tied tightly with rough hemp rope.

And among the three.

One girl named Jin Wan.

Although her face was somewhat haggard and her hair was scattered messily around her cheeks...

Her bright eyes revealed a fortitude that surpassed ordinary people.

She didn't want to just sit here and wait for death.

'If we keep waiting here...'

'Once they wait... we'll all be finished.' Such a thought emerged in her mind.

She took a deep breath.

She turned around.

She said something to the other girls.

Then, with the trembling cooperation of the other two models, she began her self-rescue.

They leaned back-to-back.

They helped Jin Wan struggle to untie the tight knots binding her hands and feet.

The rough fibers of the hemp rope constantly rubbed against her delicate skin.

Because of the excessive force...

Red marks were soon strangled into her wrists, and even tiny beads of blood seeped out.

The pain caused her forehead to be covered in cold sweat.

But she bit her lower lip and didn't make a sound.

Her fingernails picked, dug, and pulled at the rough knots bit by bit.

...

Time passed minute by minute.

The sound of wind and rain outside became the best cover.

Not long after.

Accompanied by a tooth-aching rubbing sound.

The tight rope finally loosened and was removed bit by bit.

As her wrists regained their freedom.

Jin Wan didn't care about the soreness in her wrists.

She immediately shook her hands to get rid of the numbness.

Then she quickly bent down to loosen the ropes tied around the ankles of the other two beauties.

...

Finally.

All three of them were freed from their restraints.

Then.

Once the other two women were no longer bound by ropes...

Their first reaction wasn't relief, but an unknown sense of confusion and panic.

They rubbed their aching wrists.

They immediately huddled around Jin Wan as if she were a life-saving straw and asked her...

"Sister Jin... what do we do now?"

"What should we do next?"

As the two girls spoke...

Their voices carried an unconcealable tremble.

Their eyes were filled with tears, as if they would break down and cry at any moment.

Jin Wan swallowed a mouthful of dry saliva.

In truth, she was also afraid.

Being in this wolf's den, with armed thugs everywhere outside, anyone would feel fear.

But.

She still retained her ability to think.

Overall, she was calm.

She knew that at this time, weakness and crying wouldn't solve any problems.

Precisely because of this composure in the face of danger...

Therefore.

The girls in this dark room all subconsciously looked to her as their pillar of support.

...

At this moment.

Hearing the girls' tearful words.

Jin Wan looked at the door.

She actually didn't know what to do either.

She had no idea how many guards were outside or where the end of the corridor led.

But she knew.

At this time, doing something was better than doing nothing.

Staying here waiting for those demons to arrive would only lead to death.

Just now, the sound of breaking glass seemed to have come faintly from outside.

Maybe something had happened in the compound.

This was their only chance.

Then.

She gritted her teeth.

She forcibly suppressed the numbing fear in her heart.

She made a silencing gesture to the other two girls.

She took off her high heels.

Stepping barefoot on the soft carpet, she didn't dare make even the slightest sound.

She tiptoed to the door.

...

Standing behind the door.

Jin Wan pressed her ear against the door panel.

Holding her breath.

She listened carefully to the movement outside.

Aside from the howling wind and rain, she couldn't hear any footsteps of patrolling bodyguards in the corridor.

She reached out her somewhat trembling hand.

She grasped the brass doorknob.

Slowly, bit by bit, she pressed it down.

With the faint "click" of the mechanism snapping open...

She slowly opened a crack.

She leaned down.

She cautiously looked out through that narrow crack in the door.

Then.

The scene in the corridor came into view.

The dim wall lamps emitted a faint glow.

In the empty long corridor, there was no one moving around.

At this moment, it was incredibly quiet.

That kind of silence didn't seem like a place where people lived at all.

This? Jin Wan was stunned.

Then.

The girls hiding behind her...

Seeing Jin Wan's frozen movement at the door...

Felt even more uncertain.

They nervously moved forward and pulled at the corner of her clothes with trembling fingers.

Lowering their voices, they asked:

"What's wrong, Sister Jin?"

Jin Wan maintained her posture of peeking out.

Recalling that highly unusual deathly silence just now...

Jin Wan swallowed and said,

"Something doesn't seem right."