55: This is a booby trap.

Hearing Xiao Niannian's voice, Wu Jiaojiao stopped what she was doing and looked at Xiao Niannian with some fear.

The scene of that single shot killing the Thugs earlier had shocked many of them, and they were also a bit afraid of Xiao Niannian.

Now, seeing the serious expression on Xiao Niannian's face, she was even more afraid.

"What's wrong?"

Wu Jiaojiao's voice was trembling as she spoke.

Could Xiao Niannian have lost her mind and be planning to target her?

"Don't touch that painting; there's something wrong with it."

Huh? Something wrong with the painting?

She couldn't see anything wrong with the painting.

Hearing this, Wu Jiaojiao looked back at the painting.

Xiao Niannian noticed that there were several fishing lines attached to the painting; if one didn't look closely, they would be impossible to see.

These are booby traps.

Just how many enemies are there, setting up so many landmines, booby traps, and explosives?

Xiao Niannian cursed inwardly.

"The painting is wrapped with fishing lines, and there are booby traps at the other end..."

What? booby traps?

Wu Jiaojiao had heard Xu Yang talk about booby traps; they were extremely terrifying and dangerous devices.

How could there be booby traps on this painting?

That's impossible.

Wu Jiaojiao stepped back in fear, but the next second, she realized she had stepped on something.

Subconsciously, she prepared to move her foot.

"Don't move, you've stepped on a Landmine."

Just as Wu Jiaojiao was about to lift her foot, she heard Xiao Niannian's voice.

She had stepped on a Landmine?

She looked down in a panic and saw a round object on the ground.

"I... please save me."

Wu Jiaojiao no longer had her usual haughtiness; she was incredibly panicked. She hadn't expected that there would be booby traps in this movie theater. And right now, she had even stepped on a Landmine.

Xu Yang had been nearby, and upon hearing Xiao Niannian's voice, he ran over quickly.

"comrade, did you say Jiaojiao stepped on a Landmine?"

Xiao Niannian heard Xu Yang's words and hummed in agreement.

"See for yourself."

Hearing this, Xu Yang immediately looked at Wu Jiaojiao's feet; that familiar iron lump was indeed a Landmine.

"Brother Xu Yang, I'm scared."

Wu Jiaojiao's voice trembled. She was incredibly panicked; she really wanted to move, but she didn't dare to.

"I'll disarm this Landmine," Xu Yang said.

"Jiaojiao, don't be afraid, listen to my instructions..."

Xiao Niannian glanced at them, then looked at the painting.

She bent down to observe the painting. She saw several fishing lines spreading out in all directions; some were tied to chair legs, others were tied to a nail on the wall, and a few more were tied across the path. If one didn't look closely, they would be impossible to detect.

To think there was such an expert among the enemy agents. Xiao Niannian narrowed her eyes and reached out, preparing to disarm the Landmine.

In her past life, in the team, she had disarmed all kinds of ordinary landmines and booby traps. It was part of their annual training curriculum, and the landmines were different every year.

They had to set the landmines themselves, clear them, and disarm them; when their Comrade-in-arms set the landmines, they would clear and disarm them.

They had participated in operations across all kinds of terrain.

When they went to perform missions in Vietnam, there were many old-fashioned landmines along the border. Every time they went, they had to clear a large number of landmines...

"Niannian, what are you doing? Stop immediately, you can't touch those lines."

Lu Jing had already finished disarming that Landmine. He had just walked over when he saw Xiao Niannian reaching out, about to touch those fishing lines, and immediately called out to stop her.

Hearing Lu Jing's words, Xiao Niannian lowered her hand, stood up, and looked at Lu Jing.

"You know how to disarm booby traps?"

Lu Jing asked upon hearing Xiao Niannian use that term.

"You know these are booby traps?"

"I've heard the old people in the village talk about them, and I've seen them made..."

Xiao Niannian explained.

"You're quite bold. Step back, I'll disarm them."

Although Lu Jing thought Xiao Niannian was skilled and very capable, disarming booby traps wasn't something you could do just by having disarmed a few landmines; it required thousands of hours of practice, and not a single mistake could be made.

Listening to Lu Jing's words, Xiao Niannian thought of that hero; back then, he had said the exact same thing.

If it hadn't been Lu Jing today, and someone else had to disarm these booby traps, she would have said the same thing, just like that hero. As a Soldier, one must obey orders, follow commands, be brave and tenacious, charge into the fray, stand at the very front, and resolutely complete the mission.

Xiao Niannian knew that Lu Jing didn't know her true capabilities right now and didn't believe she could disarm booby traps, but she wasn't angry.

She stood up and observed the surroundings. Right now, there could be absolutely no mistakes here; any slight disturbance could put Lu Jing, who was disarming the booby traps, in danger.

Lu Jing saw Xiao Niannian stand up and observe the surroundings, positioning herself in a spot that was easy to defend and hard to attack. If anyone passed by, Xiao Niannian would stop them. He was very appreciative of Xiao Niannian's actions.

Lu Jing withdrew his gaze and began to disarm the booby traps.

Xiao Niannian watched the surroundings, and her gaze also shifted to Lu Jing, watching him dismantle them step by step.

"Jiaojiao, it's done, you can lift your foot."

Hearing Xu Yang say it was done and telling her to lift her foot, Wu Jiaojiao looked at Xu Yang excitedly.

"Brother Xu Yang, are you sure? Is this Landmine really disarmed?"

"Yes, it's disarmed. You can take your foot off now."

Hearing Xu Yang's affirmative words, only then did Wu Jiaojiao dare to lift her foot.

She lifted her foot and discovered that because she hadn't moved for so long and had been so terrified, her leg had become a bit stiff.

"My leg won't move."

Hearing this, Xu Yang cupped Wu Jiaojiao's foot with both hands, gently lifted it, and then helped her walk to the side.

"Brother Xu Yang, you really are amazing." Wu Jiaojiao looked at Xu Yang with a face full of admiration.

Hearing Wu Jiaojiao's words, a smile appeared on Xu Yang's face.

"It's nothing; we have training for this all the time."

Wu Jiaojiao admired Xu Yang even more now; he had saved her before, and now he had saved her again.

"Jiaojiao, you go out with Chen Ke and the others first; I need to continue clearing the landmines."

Xu Yang knew that at a time like this, he absolutely could not leave. He didn't know how many more landmines were here; if they weren't cleared completely, and one exploded and hurt the Masses, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Okay."

Although she was still scared, Wu Jiaojiao understood that she couldn't be a burden right now.

Wu Jiaojiao's gaze turned toward Xiao Niannian, who was standing not far away.

For some reason, she felt hostility toward Xiao Niannian. From the first moment she saw Xiao Niannian, she really didn't like her. It was as if Xiao Niannian would compete with her for something.

And the way Xiao Niannian had just shot and killed the Thugs terrified her even more. Who exactly was this Xiao Niannian? How could she dare to kill people like that?

Xiao Niannian ignored the others and watched Lu Jing disarm the landmines.

"comrades, are you all right?"

"comrades, we are from the Municipal Public Security Bureau."

Because of the incident where the plane was shot down a few days ago, the province and the City Center had sent many public security officers over to patrol in the past few days.