88: Negotiation? Forget it, they're not worthy of listening!

Mingwang District.

A black sedan pulled up smoothly to the roadside. The car door opened, and Chen Nian stepped out.

His destination this time was not the office of the Mingwang District Garrison Squad.

Because, while on the way here, he had received the latest intelligence.

The Public Security Bureau and the Spiritual Energy Bureau of Mingwang District had successfully pinpointed the core stronghold of the Iron Wolf Gang: a remote, abandoned canned food processing plant.

Therefore, Chen Nian immediately changed his route and headed straight for the scene.

By the time he arrived, the place was already tightly surrounded.

Police tape had been stretched out for hundreds of meters, completely sealing off the entire abandoned factory area.

The air was filled with an indescribable atmosphere of tension.

Special Agents from the Spiritual Energy Bureau and officers from the Public Security Bureau were intermingled, moving back and forth in a hurry, with solemn expressions written on every face.

Not far away, a loudspeaker was playing a loop of surrender negotiations.

"People inside, listen up. You are surrounded. Drop your weapons and release the hostages immediately to seek lenient treatment!"

"Repeating, drop your weapons and release the hostages immediately!"

The broadcast echoed through the empty factory area, sounding somewhat futile.

Chen Nian's appearance immediately drew the attention of the personnel on site.

Soon, several middle-aged men who appeared to be the officers in charge hurried over to greet him.

"Special Commissioner Chen, you've arrived!"

"Special Commissioner Chen, hello, hello. I am the person in charge of the Mingwang District Spiritual Energy Bureau, Zhang Zhiqiang."

"Special Commissioner Chen, you've had a long journey!"

The men spoke one after another, their respectful attitudes tinged with an unconcealable anxiety.

Chen Nian had no intention of exchanging pleasantries with them; he glanced around the factory and cut straight to the point.

"What is the current situation?"

His voice was not loud, but it caused the surrounding area to instantly fall silent.

The person in charge named Zhang Zhiqiang hurriedly stepped forward and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Reporting to Special Commissioner Chen, it is like this: after our investigation throughout the night, we finally confirmed the stronghold of the Iron Wolf Gang, which is here, an abandoned canned food factory."

He pointed to the silent building.

"However, during last night's battle, this group of vicious criminals took advantage of the chaos to hijack a dozen passersby as hostages, and then they all retreated into this factory building to put up a desperate fight."

"We dare not launch a frontal assault for fear of harming the hostages."

"For now, we can only try to negotiate with them using the loudspeaker, hoping to stabilize their emotions, but this gang of desperadoes simply ignores us."

The more Zhang Zhiqiang spoke, the tighter his brows furrowed, and he appeared to be having a massive headache.

"We have absolutely no other options right now, we can only keep this stalemate going, but for every extra second we delay, the hostages are in more danger!"

Beside him, another person in charge from the Public Security Bureau also added.

"That's right, Special Commissioner Chen. This group of people are all desperadoes with blood on their hands; they are capable of anything, so we really dare not act rashly."

"Negotiation experts have also tried to communicate with them, but they simply refuse to talk."

"This is truly too passive; we are completely being led by the nose by them."

Several squad leaders nearby also chimed in, their words filled with helplessness and frustration.

Clearly, the situation before them left them all at a loss.

Hijacking hostages?

After hearing the report, Chen Nian understood in his heart that this was indeed a somewhat thorny situation.

He slowly closed his eyes, and the perception ability of his Prison Suppressing Divine Body was instantly activated.

Upgraded to level 92, his second-tier Prison Suppressing Divine Body saw his perception ability receive another huge boost.

Invisible perception ability spread out like a tide, silently infiltrating the factory building ahead.

In an instant, the scene inside the factory was presented in his mind in the form of energy.

Dozens of spiritual energy light clusters of varying sizes, emitting violent Auras, gathered together like fireflies in the dark.

And in the center of these light clusters, there were a dozen or so faint light points, almost on the verge of extinguishing, shivering.

It seemed that these were the Iron Wolf Gang bandits and the hijacked hostages.

Their numbers and strength were clear at a glance.

However, through his perception, the spiritual energy of these Iron Wolf Gang members seemed very weak; it didn't seem as exaggerated as the intelligence suggested.

What is going on here?

At this moment, the surrounding Special Agents looked at the factory building and all let out heavy sighs.

Everyone looked dejected.

"What do you think we should do? These guys are just a bunch of lunatics, and they've hijacked so many hostages. We're in big trouble now!"

"That's right, they aren't willing to negotiate at all, and who knows what they're thinking!"

"Now we can only wait, hoping we can exhaust their patience so they'll take the initiative to negotiate with us."

The crowd around was whispering, and every face wore the same expression of headache and helplessness.

They dared not act rashly.

None of them dared to bear the consequences of the hostages dying.

However, in the midst of this heavy and helpless atmosphere, Chen Nian suddenly spoke up.

He calmly spat out a few words.

"Negotiation?"

"No need to negotiate."

His voice was very soft, but it carried an unquestionable decisiveness.

"They aren't worthy of listening!"

As his words fell, he immediately strode toward the direction of the factory gate.

Hearing this, everyone on the scene was instantly shocked.

What?

No more negotiation?

What does this mean?

Once these words were spoken, the entire scene fell silent.

Everyone looked at Chen Nian's back with expressions of disbelief.

A full two seconds passed before Zhang Zhiqiang suddenly reacted.

He was horrified and lunged forward, wanting to rush up.

"Special Commissioner Chen, you absolutely must not!"

"There are hostages inside; this is truly too dangerous!"

"Please think twice; you cannot be impulsive!"

The people from the Spiritual Energy Bureau and the Public Security Bureau on the scene were also panicked, all speaking up to dissuade him, and the scene descended into chaos.

"That's right, Special Commissioner Chen, what if you provoke them and they kill the hostages?"

"These criminals are all vicious and evil, and there is no reasoning with them."

"We should still stabilize their emotions first before making further plans."

In their view, forcing an entry would surely implicate the hostages and lead to an irreversible situation!

However, Chen Nian turned a deaf ear to their dissuasion.

His pace did not pause in the slightest, and he walked as leisurely as if taking a stroll, crossing the perimeter line and entering the confrontation zone that was regarded as a death zone.

This scene not only terrified the people from the Spiritual Energy Bureau.

It also left the Iron Wolf Gang bandits guarding the perimeter of the factory feeling caught off guard and astonished.

They didn't expect that at such a tense moment, someone would dare to walk in so brazenly.

"Stop!"

On the perimeter of the factory, several bandits responsible for keeping watch discovered Chen Nian, who was alone.

They quickly channeled the spiritual energy in their bodies and began to clamor sternly.

"Who the Hell are you? Do you want to die?! Get the Hell out of here!"

They tried to use their most ferocious stance to scare off this intruder who didn't know the immensity of heaven and earth.

Their response was...

Chen Nian waving his hand casually.

Just like swatting away an annoying fly.

"Bang—!"

A muffled sound.

The bandit who had been clamoring the loudest, under the horrified gaze of everyone, had his body explode with a "pop," like a balloon instantly filled with high-pressure gas.

A sky full of blood mist!

Shredded flesh mixed with internal organs poured all over his companions standing beside him.

Time seemed to freeze at this moment.

The loudspeaker's surrender broadcast came to an abrupt halt.

The gasps of the people from the Spiritual Energy Bureau in the back were also stuck in their throats.

Everyone was stunned.

Those surviving Iron Wolf Gang bandits still had the ferocity from just a moment ago on their faces, but their bodies were as stiff as statues.

Warm, viscous liquid slid down their cheeks, and they didn't even dare to wipe it off.

What did they see?

Their companion... just like that... turned into a mist of blood?

Extreme fear, like a cold tide, instantly drowned their reason.

"Ah..."

They wanted to scream, they wanted to turn and run, they wanted to send a warning.

However, they hadn't even had time to move.

Even their screams hadn't had time to come out.

Chen Nian just waved his hand casually.

"Swish—!"

A large number of Blood-colored Silk Threadss, almost invisible to the naked eye, erupted from his fingertips, instantly slashing toward the fleeing bandits and passing right through them.

The fleeing movements of those bandits suddenly froze.

The next second.

Their bodies were like tofu that had been precisely sliced, instantly decomposing into hundreds of evenly sized fragments, falling to the ground with a "clatter."

Fresh blood stained the ground at the entrance of the factory red.

The thick smell of blood finally drifted into the nostrils of the people in the back with the breeze.

The people from the Spiritual Energy Bureau collectively lost their voices.

Zhang Zhiqiang opened his mouth wide, the color draining completely from his face.

Other team members were rubbing their eyes or pinching their thighs, seemingly unable to believe everything they were seeing.

"Such... such a terrifying method!"

"Just by waving his hand, those Iron Wolf Gang members actually turned into blood mist, into chunks of meat!"

"Is this the legendary Special Commissioner Chen Nian? Sharp, brutal, efficient—he truly lives up to his reputation!"

"Killing invisibly with a flick of a finger, his methods are sharp and without the slightest hesitation; this is a true powerhouse!"

For a moment, everyone was stunned on the spot.

Their faces were now filled with shock and surprise, as well as an intense, irrepressible awe.

However, Chen Nian paid no mind to the stunned folks behind him.

He didn't even spare a second glance at the shredded meat on the ground.

He strode forward, stepping over the fresh pool of blood, and continued leisurely toward the depths of the factory.

He looked just like an Asura from Hell, carrying a terrifying Aura that crushed everything in its path.