399: Chapter 399 The Figure Flying Over the City

Chapter 399: That Figure Flying into the Sky Above the City

The streets were bustling with traffic, and a curtain of rain enshrouded the city.

Tires crushed against the wet asphalt road, emitting prolonged "hissing" sounds.

At the ground-floor entrance of the Noah Building, a figure wearing a black hoodie stood quietly in the rain.

The person tilted his head up, as if measuring this behemoth nearly three hundred meters tall with his gaze.

A few seconds later, he took off his soaked jacket and casually tossed it on the ground.

Revealing a set of black combat gear clinging tightly to his body, outlining the solid and lean contours of his muscles.

Judging by his physique, he should be a very strong man.

He twisted his neck, clenched his hands into fists, and slowly stretched his shoulders, back, and chest backward, seemingly doing warm-up exercises.

The very next second after the warm-up ended, his figure suddenly leaned forward, taking a few steps of running start, and his toes kicked off the smooth marble platform at the entrance.

The entire person surprisingly shot upward like a cannonball for nearly ten meters.

His body traced a vigorous arc in mid-air, and his fingers accurately clasped the decorative crossbeam on the upper edge of the third-floor window.

Immediately, the figure's feet hung in the air, steadily clinging to the exterior wall.

He raised his head and looked up at the top of the building once again.

This place was already located at the highest point of the podium building.

Further up was the main building section that was almost completely vertical and smooth.

Rainwater continuously washed down along the glass curtain wall.

Soon, it soaked his newly revealed black combat gear completely through once again.

"Could it be... he wants to bypass the security measures below and sneak into the building from the third floor?"

Gao Jin stood on the opposite rooftop, staring closely at this unusually behaving man.

Pre-judging in his heart the actions the opponent would make next.

The body suspended in the air would swing forcefully, and his legs would kick and shatter the window glass in one fluid motion.

Then with a twist of his waist and abdomen, his body could nimbly crawl into the room behind the exterior wall like a monkey.

However, that figure did not perform according to Gao Jin's "script".

Next, an even more astonishing scene occurred.

Seeing him exert force with both arms, his suspended legs contracted and kicked off.

Just like doing a Pull-up, his arm muscles and core waist and abdomen burst out with terrifying strength, forcefully hauling his body upward.

The entire person, lacking ground assistance, impressively leaped upward.

With a "swoosh", he darted up more than three meters high, directly reaching the main floors covered by the glass curtain wall.

And just as his body leaped into the air and was about to fall.

He suddenly reached out his right hand again, his five fingers like claws, grabbing hard at the smooth exterior facade of the curtain wall.

Gao Jin's gaze flickered slightly, a trace of doubt flashing in his eyes.

"What on earth does he want to do?"

The glass surface moistened by rainwater was so slippery that it obviously could not provide enough support points.

But the moment his fingertips came into contact with the curtain wall, a violent frictional force seemed to be generated, actually causing his leaping body to freeze for a split second.

And within the thousandth of a second before this slipping trend was about to occur, his right hand exerted force once again.

The next second, instead of descending, his body rose, actually rocketing upward along the glass curtain wall by more than half a meter by sheer force.

Seeing this, Gao Jin's brows twitched, instantly understanding this person's intention.

He was not preparing to fight the sliding caused by gravity, but was utilizing this powerful frictional force as an upward fulcrum.

Sure enough.

Immediately after, his left hand followed suit, copying the method to clasp a protrusion on the exterior facade of the curtain wall, pulling his body upward again and leaping.

Every single grab and exertion of force was like a Pull-up performed on a vertical plane.

He actually intended to continue climbing upward along the glass curtain wall just like this!

Free-climbing a skyscraper in the wet rainy night.

In the eyes of any extreme rock-climbing expert, this was pure suicidal behavior.

Let alone the problem of limited visibility at night, making it impossible to see the locations of the support points clearly.

Modern skyscrapers generally adopt a unitized glass curtain wall structure, with surfaces as smooth as a mirror, and rainwater even forming a fatal water film on top of it.

The only thing available to leverage force was the metal outer cover of the vertical main keel and horizontal secondary keel dividing the floor-to-ceiling windows.

Its edge width was even less than one centimeter, and it was equally slippery beyond compare.

This was a test comparable to ascending to the heavens for the climber's finger strength, core strength, sense of balance, and psychological resilience.

However, these physical common sense seemed to completely fail in front of that figure.

He still went his own way, regarding all obstacles as nothing.

One could even say that his actions could not be called "climbing" at all, but rather resembled an anti-gravity vertical sprint.

The figure alternated his left and right hands upward, his five fingers like eagle talons forged from steel.

Every time he reached out, he could find the most stable support point on the smooth, moist curtain wall.

His body clung tightly to the exterior facade, and his muscles constantly contracted and exploded in a rhythm full of cadence.

Scritch, scritch, scritch—

The whole person was like a gecko crawling along the wall, rising at a baffling speed along the vertical central axis of the building.

This could no longer be called crawling, it was completely darting, simply walking on flat ground!

Gao Jin's pupils constricted, his breathing stagnating unconsciously.

He watched with his own eyes as that figure, amidst the neon-lit urban night sky, like a black lightning bolt flowing upstream, left the bustling, worldly world far behind below.

At a crossroads not far away, a taxi was waiting for a red light.

The girl in the back seat inadvertently raised her head, looking out the window into the hazy rainy night.

She seemed to see something, rubbed her eyes, and looked closely again.

On the glass curtain wall of a pitch-black building, it seemed... there was a figure moving?

The girl's mouth opened slightly into an "O" shape, thinking she was seeing things.

On the rooftop, Gao Jin held a black umbrella, his gaze also following that figure moving upward continuously.

The wind at the high altitude grew increasingly fierce, blowing the raindrops sideways.

On the ground, countless lights and traffic turned into a blur of halos in the rain curtain.

That figure kept running on the glass curtain wall reflecting the neon light, as if flying into the sky above the city.

Reflecting each other brilliantly with the huge LED curtain wall advertisements on the commercial buildings on both sides, this bizarre world added a few more points of unreality.

Just as that person climbed to nearly half the height of the building, a sudden change occurred!

In the conference hall located on the ninetieth floor at the top, that huge floor-to-ceiling window burst open without warning!

Bang—

The muffled loud noise was cut into pieces by the high-altitude wind.

Countless glass fragments wrapped in wind and rain, like a fatal hail, poured down toward the bottom.

That figure happened to be under the coverage range of the glass fragments.

Gao Jin, far away on the opposite rooftop, drew a sharp breath, unable to help feeling worried for the opponent.

Once hit by glass fragments of this density, if falling from a height of over a hundred meters.

No matter how tough the body was, I'm afraid it would only turn into a pile of minced meat.

At this critical juncture, that person made a move that completely defied the laws of physics.

Taking his left hand clasping the metal keel of the curtain wall as the axis, his waist and abdominal strength burst out instantly, and his entire body actually swung horizontally to the right.

Then his legs kicked fiercely against the curtain wall, and the whole person, like an arrow off the string, executed a "horizontal dynamic leap" in rock climbing, shooting out diagonally upward.

This high-difficulty move was usually used to overcome the difficulties of rock points being too far apart or paths lacking continuous hand and foot holds.

Yet now it was used by him on a skyscraper hundreds of meters high in an unimaginable way.

Such a thrilling leap allowed him to narrowly avoid the enveloped area of that deadly rain of fragments.

When his figure was stretched out in mid-air, that person seemed to have some intuition and glanced toward the direction where Gao Jin was.

Unexpectedly revealing a pale face.

No.

That was a ferocious ghost mask, with protruding horns and the corners of its mouth split into a bizarre arc.

At the position of the eyes, two red crystals of unknown material flashed with a dim light in the rainy night.

Even though separated by a distance of hundreds of meters, Gao Jin still saw it clearly.

His heart could not help shaking violently.

Who on earth was this person? Could it be White Owl?

But hadn't Cheng Jiashu already sneaked into the interior of the building? Why was he climbing the building outside?

Clatter! Crash—

The rain of glass fragments finally landed on the building entrance plaza below, smashing into finer debris like hail.

The huge commotion instantly attracted the attention of all pedestrians on the street.

Fortunately, the plaza was separated from the sidewalk by a green belt; apart from employees inside the building, very few people passed by here, so no passersby were injured.

People stopped one after another, holding umbrellas, raising their heads to look at the Noah Building where the glass fell, pointing and talking.

Faint exclamations rose one after another.

"Look quickly, what is that thing?"

"Huh, it seems like there is a person up there..."

Finally, someone saw that figure clinging to the outside of the glass curtain wall of the Noah Building, rapidly darting upward.

The crowd gradually gathered and became even more clamorous.

A figure wearing a raincoat quietly passed through the crowd, stepping over the glass fragments scattered all over the ground, and reached out to pick up the hoodie thrown on the ground.

He raised his head to look at the upper part of the building shrouded in the rain curtain, muttering to himself:

"President... this kind of thing is something only you could pull off."

The rain was intensifying, and raindrops slid down the wet hair in front of his forehead.

The dim yellow light of the street lamp illuminated this slightly thin face, and it was precisely Xiaosa.

He watched the figure gradually sinking into the night sky, his eyes mixed with adoration and worry.

Coming back to his senses, he seemed to remember something and quickly shrank back into a corner on the side.

Then he raised his hand to press the communicator beside his ear and gave a low-voiced order:

"All units take note, all personnel immediately regroup, surround the Noah Building, keep an eye on all entrances and exits and low-level windows, and do not miss any suspicious person!"

"Yes, Brother Xiaosa."

Brief responses came successively from the headset.

Xiaosa let out a soft breath, then personally guarded the front of the main door.

Tonight's operation, he was arranged by the President to keep watch on the perimeter and must ensure nothing went wrong.

...

On the office building opposite the Noah Building.

Gao Jin held an umbrella, standing in the rain with a look of astonishment on his face.

That white ghost mask still lingered persistently in his mind.

Suddenly, the communicator beside his ear emitted a burst of crackling current sounds.

Afterwards, a voice sounded intermittently:

"Calling 'Eagle's Nest'... This is 'Night Owl Two'... Please answer if received, over!"

It was Officer Zhou Liang's voice.

Gao Jin's eyes lit up, quickly regaining his composure, and replied in a deep voice:

"Officer Zhou Liang, I am Eagle's Nest, report your situation."

Earlier, he had arranged for Officer Zhou Liang and four other team members to prepare to infiltrate the peripheral area of Noah Pharmaceuticals.

The original intention was to ascertain the situation and create chaos when necessary, creating conditions for Cheng Jiashu's evacuation.

But they also lost contact shortly after entering the building.

At this moment, contact was finally re-established.

"Captain Gao, we are trapped on the 84th floor and unable to proceed further..."

Officer Zhou Liang, having received a response, immediately began reporting the situation.

The channel was filled with harsh static noise, obviously still suffering from severe interference.

Fortunately, basic communication could barely be maintained.

"What is going on?"

"The situation here is very abnormal!"

Officer Zhou Liang's voice revealed a hint of solemnity:

"When we sneaked into the Noah Building, the original circuits and backup power sources all failed successively. The entire building was as dark as a tomb."

"Afterwards, we groped our way upward along Safety Passage B, and the inside of the building suddenly began to fog up."

"It wasn't smoke, it was a kind of... grayish-white, extremely low-temperature thick fog with visibility of less than three meters, and it was constantly spreading down from the upper floors."

"We suspect that some kind of low-temperature toxic gas from the experimental area has leaked."

Hearing this, Gao Jin frowned slightly:

"Go on."

"We didn't dare to rashly enter the fog. Besides faint gunshots coming from inside... we could also hear very bizarre sounds."

Officer Zhou Liang paused for a moment, seemingly organizing his words.

"It sounded like... the sound of something's claws dragging on the ground, mixed with a kind of... laughter resembling a woman crying, which was very creepy."

"We tried to contact White Owl, but got no response from him. Currently, we have constructed a temporary defense line inside the safety passage, waiting for further instructions."

"Are there anyone else in the building?"

"Except for a few unconscious building security guards, we haven't encountered other company employees or armed militants."

Gao Jin thought for a moment and immediately issued an order:

"Mission changed, abandon the reconnaissance operation, immediately take those few security guards, and evacuate back along the safety passage."

"After reaching the ground, you are responsible for evacuating the onlookers downstairs, pulling up a cordon around the Noah Building, and strictly forbidding anyone to approach!"

"Night Owl Two received, over."

Communication interrupted.

Gao Jin's eyes flickered slightly, and he raised his head again to look at the Noah Building.

Only to find that the figure climbing and leaping in the rainy night had already disappeared.

His gaze abruptly swept across the entire curtain wall, and it was indeed gone.

His brows furrowed deeply.

Climbed to the top floor so fast?

Or slipped into the inside of the building from a ventilation window?

...

Noah Building, 84th floor.

In the pitch-black corridor, only the emergency indicator lights cast a ghastly green light.

The office doors were all tightly shut, and a layer of faint gray mist floated on the floor.

The elevator display screen was pitch black, having long since ceased operation.

Officer Zhou Liang released the switch button on the headset and let out a long breath.

Being able to contact Captain Gao made his tense nerves relax a lot.

"What the hell!"

Amidst his contemplation, a voice rang out behind him, followed by the soft click of pulling a bolt action.

Officer Zhou Liang looked back and saw the stoutly built A-Li.

He was gripping a submachine gun with both hands, a look of tension on his face.

The other two team members occupying positions nearby and responsible for vigilance also turned their heads to look over at the sound.

"What's wrong?"

"I... I seemed to see a white ghost shadow flash past outside the window!"

A-Li lowered his voice and said cautiously.

Hearing this, Officer Zhou Liang immediately raised his gun and aimed at the window near the corridor.

Right at this moment, that vague and bizarre sound came again from the stairwell above.

This time, it was no longer crying, but turned into a "hee-hee" giggle.

The sound echoed in the dead-silent corridor, as if whispering right in their ears, making one's hair stand on end involuntarily.

At the same time, the gray fog surging down from the stairwell suddenly became dense.

A bone-chilling cold permeated the air, and on the surrounding walls, a thin layer of white frost unexpectedly began to condense.

The entire building seemed to be turning into an ice cellar.

"Let's go!"

Officer Zhou Liang made a prompt decision and immediately issued an evacuation order in accordance with Gao Jin's instructions.

"A-Li covers the rear, A-Yang, Xiao Jie, take those two security guards, and we will evacuate immediately from Safety Passage B!"

"Maintain combat formation, cover each other alternately, fast!"