Chapter 76: Su Cheng Discovers It Was Jiang Zhe

The atmosphere at the scene instantly froze.

Officer Su Cheng and everyone else's movements also came to a standstill.

They were all still immersed in the incredible scene that had just unfolded.

That falling speed was clearly caused by an accident with the rappelling rope.

Given the faulty rappelling rope, why was the person who descended unharmed, only to turn and run away?

This scene left everyone feeling bewildered.

"Who, who exactly is it?"

Officer Su Cheng wore a grave expression as he attempted to dial the anti-tracking number.

Just as he had imagined, it would not go through.

"Quickly, go save the officers!"

He waved his hand, ordering his subordinates, and then immediately ran into the Television Station, used his officer identification card to open the coded door, and sprinted toward the roof.

His subordinates carried out the three slightly injured officers, and then moved out the five robber corpses.

Only then did the nearby crowd react, discussing the event with shocked expressions.

"My God, what an amazing technique, falling from the sky without sustaining any injuries!"

"Killing all the robbers in an instant without affecting the officers' lives, it's just too incredible!"

"Oh My God, a superhero; this must be a superhero from Su City in Xia Country!"

"Holy Shxt, I didn't expect to run into a superhero while taking an evening stroll. Is this superhero being hidden by Xia Country? Only helping others in critical moments!"

"..."

A few individual foreign onlookers could not suppress their fanaticism.

As a country of hero-worship, the United States and European nations were naturally full of admiration and curiosity about these events.

Hearing the crowd's discussions, reporters rushed forward immediately to observe the material of the rappelling rope, and only then did they react with pleasant surprise.

"Incredible, simply incredible!"

"Audience friends, this equipment is clearly the attire of a SWAT officer."

"As far as I know, this quality and brand of rappelling rope belongs to the Su City SWAT team."

"I speculate that it seems to be a fully armed SWAT officer; otherwise, he wouldn't have a rappelling rope!"

"I estimate that there were off-duty SWAT officers, or perhaps even fully armed SWAT officers handling business inside the Television Station at the time of the incident, and then they happened to encounter this and stepped in."

"What's hard to imagine, though, is—why didn't such a high speed injure our SWAT officer?"

"I am now highly suspicious that Su City has many unspeakable secret experiments!"

The reporters' words were mostly speculation, but they won the approval of most netizens.

"It is indeed a Su City rappelling rope. I am a SWAT officer, but not in the Huqiu area where Jiang Zhe is."

"To the SWAT officer above, is such a high speed scientific?"

"This... is inherently unscientific. With this falling speed, unless one is wearing high-tech equipment, avoiding injury would be impossible, and sustaining serious injury would be certain. As far as I know, even the military district in Su City does not have such high-tech equipment developed. Currently, only Europe has it, and the United States does not have this equipment either."

"I suspect... it's that person's equipment. That person's equipment has issues."

In fact, the SWAT officer commenting was also just speculating.

Otherwise, what kind of normal person could fall at such a speed?

Soon, a netizen from the mathematics department verified this SWAT officer's thought.

"After my calculations—I've watched the video playback many times—to crush a black SUV, a person needs to reach at least 65kg, and the falling speed must exceed 100 meters. After detailed calculation, the Mysterious Person's falling speed already exceeded 100 meters per second. There is no one in this world who could still move freely during such a fall."

"Damn... is this even human?"

"Damn, today is truly haunted!"

"To the person above, that's not an appropriate saying—in the 1971 Peruvian air disaster, the plane disintegrated at an altitude of 8,000 meters and crashed into the desert within 3 minutes. The plane broke apart, and all 90+ passengers died, with only one girl named Juliane Koepcke surviving; at the time, the girl was not even 6 years old. However, looking at this scene, it is truly mysterious and eerie. I even suspect that the foreign passerby was right; it might be some kind of superhero."

"What superhero? It's fake. It must be a type of emergency landing method we haven't discovered yet."

"What kind of emergency landing method? A falling speed of 100 meters per second. This Television Station is on the 16th floor, 50 meters high. This is like jumping down from the building at double speed. I even suspect that the Mysterious Person, at the moment of falling, fiercely manipulated the rappelling rope, landed directly, and killed 5 people in one blow!"

"Damn... I overlooked that. The Television Station is only 50 meters high; it's impossible to reach 100 meters per second!"

"..."

The more this matter was discussed, the more bizarre it became!

Using ordinary analytical methods, it was no longer possible to decipher the existence of this Mysterious Person!

If one truly considers the physical fitness of the Mysterious Person, it has likely surpassed anyone else in the world!

This event, along with the news about the soul and quantum that Jiang Zhe had previously deciphered, topped the headlines on major platforms and continued to ferment.

...

On the roof of the Television Station.

Officer Su Cheng and two subordinates stared at the rappelling rope in front of them, lost in thought.

A subordinate nearby simulated the scene on a computer.

After precise calculations, the bespectacled officer said with a stunned expression, "Captain Su, after the simulation, I found that things are a bit eerie. Do you want to see this?"

Officer Su Cheng quickly took the computer and looked at the screen simulated by the technician.

The falling speed in the top left corner reached a staggering 157 meters/second.

Simulated Television Station rooftop.

A man in a black trench coat, at the moment of descending, fiercely manipulated the start of the rappelling rope in the opposite direction, ignoring the process of acceleration, causing the speed of the man in black falling downwards to directly double.

No human could withstand such a terrifying speed!

Yet the man in black in the simulated video had managed to do it.

Only by reaching this speed per second could the black SUV be completely crushed.

At this moment, he felt a bit of an existential crisis.

"A falling speed of 157 per second; anyone at this speed would be smashed to pieces, yet the man in black did not."

"Moreover, the rappelling rope tested on-site is indeed equipment from the local SWAT team; but to crush a large black SUV from 50 meters away is clearly impossible."

"Are you sure this simulation data is correct?"

The technician shook his head repeatedly, "Although it is very mysterious and unfathomable, this data is professional and cannot be wrong."

Officer Su Cheng's expression was extremely grave as he asked, "What about the surveillance of the Television Station at the scene, and why were the lights all turned off?"

"When we came upstairs just now, we met a few staff members hiding in the stairwell smoking. They said the lights were turned off by Jiang Zhe to protect the staff inside the Television Station from being seen by the robbers and to ensure the staff's safety. Later, Jiang Zhe kept the lights on in the underground passage."

"Did those staff members who were smoking encounter anything strange?"

"Yes, someone said they saw someone run quickly from the stairwell to the roof. The three of them had just prepared to light their cigarettes when they discovered someone had run to the roof. Who exactly it was, it was too dark to see clearly. At the time, the three of them thought it was just some staff member."

Upon hearing this, Officer Su Cheng sighed with emotion.

"It was likely someone from the Television Station. What is the total number of people in the Television Station?"

"897 people."

"To find this person, we will have to go through a large amount of investigation and alibi verification."

Officer Su Cheng thought for a moment, his face showing deep contemplation, "Since the person could even crack my police-dedicated mobile phone, it at least shows that the other party is proficient in hacking, possesses superb hacking skills. Through screening and investigation, we can narrow the person down to a certain range; but the other party clearly does not want to be exposed to the public."

After much thought, Officer Su Cheng took a deep breath, "You spread the word outside that this matter is nothing bizarre; it was done by our retired SWAT officer, who was repairing high-altitude equipment in the Television Station at the time."

"As for those mathematics bloggers on the internet and various videos, delete them immediately."

"Any posts insisting that the other party is some kind of superhuman, delete them for me immediately as well."

"Although I don't have full authority over this matter, I will report it to my superiors."

The technician asked, "Captain Su, there are already many posts online analyzing that this data was not done by a human, and many people are saying it is a superhuman."

Officer Su Cheng frowned, "Give a reason: due to it being too dark, and the subsequent illegal modification of the black SUV's chassis, after receiving a certain impact, it would naturally collapse completely."

"Alright, this is your area of expertise, so I'll leave it to you to handle."

"Yes, Captain Su."

After the two subordinates left, Officer Su Cheng recalled the tone of the few sentences in that previous phone call.

In his heart, he already had a candidate.

Television Station, familiar tone, familiar quick-fire questions and answers.

It was practically...

The host, Jiang Zhe!

Perhaps, Jiang Zhe never intended to hide it from Officer Su Cheng; otherwise, he could have completely told him via text message.

"I don't know what you are hiding, but you helped me, and I also helped you in the aftermath; however, I still owe you a lot; I will make it up to you later!"

Thus, he stopped pursuing the matter.

Soon, Officer Su Cheng's phone rang.

After answering, just as Jiang Zhe had predicted, the reprimands from the superiors came.

"Young and arrogant, you didn't value your colleagues' lives at the crime scene; you intentionally provoked the robbers. You are suspended for 1 month of paid leave first; the internet and the public are already dissatisfied with you."

Officer Su Cheng was too lazy to explain; he hung up the phone directly and went home.

...

"Where did you go?"

Television Station underground passage, this was a huge basement, yet it was brightly lit.

Old Zhao couldn't help but ask with concern.

"I went to turn off the lights, and after checking around, I went to the restroom to smoke."

"I think everyone is making a fuss; there's no need to hide in the basement; as long as the entrance is guarded well, there will be no problem at all."

Old Zhao shook his head.

"At a time like this, you are still concerned about the Television Station. Actually, it was Officer Su Cheng following the robbers' instructions; at first, he intended to lure the robbers into the Television Station. To lure them in, we had to clear the Television Station, let us enter the underground passage, and finally have the SWAT team break in through the windows. It was a perfect plan. How are things outside now?"

"Things outside have already been resolved. A SWAT officer jumped down from the roof and crushed the robbers to death."

Jiang Zhe lied without blushing or skipping a beat, "Then the man in black ran away too. At such a high height and falling speed, I estimate that due to the SWAT officer's adrenaline, the SWAT officer didn't get injured immediately. I estimate the news will appear online in a while; I watched from the window for a long time before coming down to call you guys out."

Old Zhao, Wang Guosheng, Wang Lin, and others all sighed with emotion.

"Many thanks to that SWAT officer. Actually, there is already news online; the light at the scene was too dark, most people ignored the SWAT officer's falling speed and thought the SWAT officer was a superhuman!"

"However, after such an event happened, I was quite frightened today, I need to go back and rest."

"Uncle Zhao, Uncle Wang, I am also going back to rest with Eleven and Jiang Zhe. We won't host today, right?"

Old Zhao nodded repeatedly, "Naturally. I'll give you 7 days of paid leave. Come back with Jiang Zhe next time."