287: Chapter 287 Sky Fortress

Just as Shangguan Lingwei, accompanied by Funeral Bell and Demon Dog, stepped out of the suite, several dozen of Lu Jinhong's vanguard troops arrived via the high-speed elevator.

If there's one downside to this high-rise, it's that it can easily be blocked off and turned into an isolated island.

But there's also a bright side: it's not easy to get up here.

Besides the high-speed elevators, who is actually going to climb over a hundred flights of stairs?

Consequently, Funeral Bell and Demon Dog didn't face much pressure from this first wave.

With one hand, Funeral Bell held onto Shangguan Lingwei, and with the other, he drew the atonement silver coffin.

With a single shot, the explosive, large-caliber bullet could take down two or three men.

As for Demon Dog, he pulled out the Bone-Eating Claw, attached it to his arm, and charged into the crowd, cutting through them like chopping vegetables.

They understood that this first batch of cannon fodder was rarely strong; they were just there to stall for time and exhaust their stamina.

Shangguan Lingwei signaled to Funeral Bell, urging him to hurry toward a fire escape.

Seeing this, Demon Dog shouted, "Hey, wait for me, you two!"

He kicked off the wall to vault forward, catching up to the pair in just a few strides.

The path Shangguan Lingwei pointed out involved going down three floors via the fire escape, which would lead to a control room on that level.

Inside the control room, they could shut down all the high-rise elevators.

This way, any subsequent enemy reinforcements would be completely trapped halfway up.

Then, they could use one of the dedicated maintenance elevators to go straight to the third basement level parking lot.

It was inconvenient for Shangguan Lingwei to walk down the stairs in high heels.

Funeral Bell simply scooped her up in his arms and ran quickly.

In this critical moment, Shangguan Lingwei actually found it thrilling.

Having never been rebellious in her life, she felt her heart racing; she realized that breaking out of her shell was such an exhilarating experience.

There were no enemies in the stairwell, and Funeral Bell soon reached the floor with the control room.

He poked his head out, only to discover that quite a few thugs armed with blades had already gathered outside this floor.

It seemed the opposition was smart; they knew they couldn't reach the top in one go.

So, they had gathered at several upper levels first before launching a direct assault.

Funeral Bell said to Shangguan Lingwei, "Wait for me in the stairwell; I'll go clear the area outside!"

Shangguan Lingwei nodded.

Funeral Bell charged straight out!

Meanwhile, Demon Dog was also in the stairwell, engaged in a fierce battle with a group of thugs rushing down from above.

Demon Dog's moves were ruthless; with every swipe of his claw, he either cracked someone's skull open or sent severed limbs flying, blood splattering onto the cold stainless steel handrails.

The stairwell instantly turned into a meat grinder.

It was nauseating for Shangguan Lingwei to watch!

She walked out of the stairwell involuntarily.

Demon Dog shouted, "Don't move around, woman! It's dangerous out here!"

Shangguan Lingwei retorted, "I'd rather die than stay with a dog like you!"

Demon Dog was speechless, quickly eliminating the thugs who had caught up.

He rushed toward Shangguan Lingwei and hoisted her onto his shoulder.

The woman had already been humiliated by him like this in the morning, and now he was doing it again?

She cursed loudly, "Put me down! You bastard! Funeral Bell, Funeral Bell! Save me!"

Seeing that his lady had been carried off by this guy again, Funeral Bell was furious.

He drew his gun and fired!

The bullet grazed past Demon Dog's ear and embedded itself in the wall opposite.

Demon Dog shouted in grievance, "Damn it! Are you really trying to kill me?

I was just telling her not to move around! If she gets captured, what are we going to do?"

After finishing off the small fry outside, Funeral Bell holstered his gun and sneered, "If you dare touch her again, it won't be your ear I'm aiming at."

Shangguan Lingwei felt an increasing sense of admiration for the man before her.

Fortunately, the floor area of the upper levels of the Shenhai Center wasn't large.

The three of them didn't run far before finding a control room.

Shangguan Lingwei pressed her fingerprint onto the control panel in the room.

The console lit up with a red glow, and all the high-rise elevators were locked and ceased operation.

Meanwhile, on the first floor of the building, thousands of underlings were lining up, waiting for the few elevators.

They were suddenly dumbfounded; the scene was like a congested intersection where the traffic lights had broken down.

Everyone was crowded together in a chaotic mess.

Seeing this, Lu Jinhong was absolutely furious!

Only he and Shangguan Lingwei held the highest authority for this mini control room.

The purpose was to isolate the ascending passages, turning the upper levels of the Shenhai Center into a sky fortress.

Now that someone had shut down the elevators from above, who else could it be but his own wife?

In other words, did this mean his own wife had truly taken their side at this moment?

Lu Jinhong felt a dull ache in his chest again!

My beloved wife, why would you do this?

After the elevators were shut down, Demon Dog suddenly stopped Shangguan Lingwei, who was about to open the maintenance elevator.

This elevator was called a maintenance elevator, but it was actually the only passage connecting the sky fortress to the ground.

It could only be operated unilaterally from within this control room.

People below had no way of coming up.

With that, Demon Dog analyzed the situation with a serious air: "If we go down now, they will definitely block off the underground parking garage.

Wouldn't that be walking straight into a trap?"

"And if we stay here, wouldn't it be safer? Because the people below can't get up here at all."

"Funeral Bell and I just need to take turns guarding the stairwell."

"We could even find something to block the stairs entirely!"

Funeral Bell thought about it and had to admit that this guy's limited brainpower seemed to have hit the mark for once.

Currently, the area below was full of thugs and police.

It was even possible that the enemy's main force was still down there.

If they stayed in this place, it could be considered an isolated island that was easy to defend and hard to attack.

Shangguan Lingwei didn't really mind; if they stayed here, she could actually spend more time alone with Funeral Bell.

It was just that if only this damn Demon Dog weren't here, how wonderful that would be.

Funeral Bell finally changed his decision on the fly and instructed Demon Dog, "You go clear out the people who have already come up.

I'll take the lady back first."

Demon Dog looked like he wanted to protest, but after glancing at Funeral Bell, he obediently went to do it.

Lu Jinhong was stamping his feet in anxiety below.

At this moment, his wife's communication was cut off, and he dared not imagine what she was going through up there.

He ordered the vast crowd of underlings in the lobby, "Don't just crowd here! Grab your gear and climb up the stairwell!

No matter what, we must breach this place tonight!"

At this moment, Ouyang Yunzheng came up with another idea.

"Boss Lu, since we can't go up from inside, why don't we go from above?"

Ouyang Yunzheng extended his index finger and pointed to the sky.

Lu Jinhong thought about it and said, "Good, go and bring my private helicopter."

Meanwhile, the police leadership surrounding the Shenhai Center was also engaged in a heated discussion outside the building.

"With such a huge commotion, the pressure on us to maintain stability is too great.

What should we do? We can't just let Lu Jinhong run wild, right?"

A police leader said in a dilemma, "On the surface, this looks like counter-terrorism, but now it involves the family affairs of Lady Shangguan and Mr. Lu!"

"How are we supposed to intervene in the grievances between these two major families?"

Tonight, it could be said that every police car in Shanghai was on standby.

The entire city remained calm on the surface, but underneath, a sea of red and blue lights flickered faintly beneath the clouds.

Some tourists by the Shen River wondered, "Why haven't the lights in Lujiazui been turned on today?

What about that magical skyline? We came specifically for these lights, you know!"

As a leader of the Procuratorate, Zhou Shuyan was also on emergency standby tonight.

He asked curiously, "Chief Prosecutor? Has something happened?

Why have even the Procuratorate's police cars been requisitioned?"

The Chief Prosecutor looked grave and only whispered, "Involving the Lu Family and the Shangguan Family, I'm afraid this won't be easy to handle."

Gossip within the system often spreads the fastest.

If Zhou Shuyan knew, it meant Zhou Wanqing knew.

Once Zhou Wanqing knew, Su Nange, who was grinding in a game, suddenly received a call.

"Something happened in Shanghai! Both the underworld and the police have surrounded the Shenhai Center.

Just as you predicted, that lady from the Shangguan Family has indeed turned against Lu Jinhong."

Su Nange took off his boundary gap glasses; he was almost level 100, exactly when he was working hard.

But no matter how important things were, what could be more important than his Older Female Cousin?

"Older Female Cousin, I want to hear your opinion.

Something like this happening is by no means accidental.

Is the mastermind behind this about to reveal themselves?"

Zhou Wanqing sighed on the other end of the line, "I don't know. Shall we go see my father?"

Su Nange: "Let's go then."