Bai Shuang had been holding Gu Nianzhi’s hand. Hearing Zhao Liangze say this, she sneered to herself and let go. Taking a step forward, she reached out to Zhao Liangze and said, “Okay. I’ll follow you.”
Zhao Liangze was expressionless, but Gu Nianzhi could tell that he was already enraged.
She felt that Zhao Liangze’s state was not suitable for working with someone like Bai Shuang, especially when they couldn’t tell if she was a friend or a foe.
If anything unexpected happened, then both of them would end up dead…
Gu Nianzhi felt that Bai Shuang might have another reason, but she still listened to what Huo Shaoheng said.
She couldn’t put the lives of three people into Bai Shuang’s hands just because she had a feeling that Bai Shuang might be acting like this for another reason.
What if her feelings were wrong?
What if Bai Shuang was the bait that Li Dexi released to lure them into the trap?
Bai Shuang didn’t say anything, so that meant anything could happen.
Since Gu Nianzhi was the one to make the proposal, she should be the only one to come forward and watch over Bai Shuang now.
Although Zhao Liangze said he would keep an eye on Bai Shuang, what if he got distracted at some point? The consequences could be disastrous.
Gu Nianzhi finally understood, so she took a step forward and gently but firmly pulled Bai Shuang’s hand back. She said to Zhao Liangze, “Brother Ze, we will follow you.”
She smiled and said to Bai Shuang, “Sister Bai, you said you want to be with me. How can you leave me and run off with Brother Ze?”
She even winked at Bai Shuang.
Bai Shuang was taken aback for a moment, her eyes quickly scanning over Zhao Liangze’s face. Noticing that there was a trace of disappointment in his expression, she immediately changed her mind.
She squeezed Gu Nianzhi’s hand and said with a smile, “Alright. I want to accompany Nianzhi. Little Ze, you lead the way.”
Zhao Liangze immediately objected, saying, “Nianzhi, stop causing trouble!”
“Brother Ze, let’s go now. Time is running out.” Gu Nianzhi saw that Zhao Liangze was still motionless, so she took Bai Shuang’s hand and walked to the secret door.
She was the one who had asked for Bai Shuang to stay, so she would naturally be the one to keep an eye on her.
She had no special feelings for Bai Shuang and was much calmer than Zhao Liangze.
Zhao Liangze saw that Gu Nianzhi had already taken Bai Shuang through the secret door, so he had no choice but to chase after them.
The three of them walked into the elevator, and the entire process took exactly five minutes.
Huo Shaoheng, who was already waiting in the elevator, gave Zhao Liangze a stern glare.
Zhao Liangze rubbed his nose and lowered his head in shame.
He had really procrastinated and wasted precious time outside just then.
No one spoke again.
Huo Shaoheng used the elevator code that Bai Shuang had acquired for them and pressed the button for the sixth-floor basement.
The elevator rumbled down below.
Inside the brightly lit elevator, no one in the group of four spoke.
Gu Nianzhi held Bai Shuang’s hand and stood in front of the elevator door.
Behind them stood Huo Shaoheng and Zhao Liangze.
Aside from the rumbling of the elevator, the sound of clothes rustling and the four of them breathing could be heard occasionally.
Gu Nianzhi’s breathing was quiet and elegant, which served as a sharp contrast to Bai Shuang’s slightly rapid breaths.
Zhao Liangze’s breathing was the loudest.
Huo Shaoheng’s breathing was almost completely inaudible, so it almost seemed like there were only three people in the elevator…
Bai Shuang always kept a smile on her face, but her heart was feeling uneasy.
She didn’t know if Li Dexi’s men had seen them now or if things were developing as she planned. She was becoming more and more nervous.
Fortunately, she didn’t worry for long before hearing the elevator chime. They had reached the sixth-floor basement.
The elevator doors slid open.
The moment they stepped out of the elevator door, the bank’s surveillance video for the room stopped briefly.
The guards that Li Dexi had positioned in the security room did not realize that the footage for the surveillance camera in front of the elevator door on the sixth floor of the basement was already frozen.
Because the footage hadn’t changed from the first second to the next, the image deceived him even though he hadn’t blinked at all.
Gu Nianzhi stepped out of the elevator and squinted before quickly analyzing the space.
The room was constructed entirely with strong steel pipes, so all the beams and columns were supported by them.
The steel pipes and electric wires were arranged neatly to pass over their heads and almost formed a huge and orderly spider web.
These steel pipes are the main support of the basement and were very wide to act in the place of ceiling beams.
The entire basement was like a post-modern warehouse. There was a huge hemispherical lamp in front of the basement door, which was attached there to illuminate the entry. It lit it up as bright as daylight.
There were no lights on the ceiling, so it appeared even darker against the contrast of the large light illuminating the entrance.
The horizontal and vertical steel pipes hovered above their heads like an unknown prehistoric monster biding its time.
As soon as Huo Shaoheng stepped out of the elevator door, Zhao Liangze winked at Huo Shaoheng to signal that the mission had begun – the surveillance footage was frozen.
Zhao Liangze immediately took off his tuxedo jacket, revealing a camouflage suit inside, and began assembling a pistol at the same time.
Huo Shaoheng took off his hunting jacket and wore it inside out. When he changed his clothes, he revealed the body armor that clung tightly to him.
The reverse side of his hunting suit jacket was also camouflaged. He took out a dozen black gun components from the many pockets of the hunting suit at the same time and quickly assembled them.
In less than ten seconds, a suppressed submachine and heavy-weight sniper compound weapon was assembled.
He pulled a hat from his pocket and put it on, the hat covering his face. He then nodded to Zhao Liangze.
Zhao Liangze knowingly pointed to the horizontal steel pipe beams above his head.
Huo Shaoheng took out a length of thin steel cable, with gray-black steel claws that could be opened and closed at the front. He threw it over the steel pipe beams above his head.
Click!
The steel claws made a quiet sound and were already affixed to the steel pipe beam.
Huo Shaoheng immediately grabbed onto the steel cable, and his entire body shot upwards. He kicked off the wall next to the elevator and jumped up like he was on a swing!
By the time Bai Shuang heard the sound and looked back curiously, Huo Shaoheng had already climbed up the steel pipe beam to hide from view.
Bai Shuang glanced around in surprise and asked, “Where’s Huo Shao? Little Ze, why are you alone?”
He had obviously been standing behind them just now!
Zhao Liangze shook his head without a smile, saying, “Huo Shao needed to leave for some other business. What’s the matter? You care about Huo Shao so much. Are you falling for someone else?”
“Brother Ze!” Gu Nianzhi couldn’t stand listening to such things and frowned at Zhao Liangze.
Zhao Liangze’s mind was agitated for a while, so he hadn’t considered Gu Nianzhi’s feelings. He nodded apologetically to her when she verbally berated him just then and said, “Let’s go. This is the sixth-floor basement.”
The three of them stood in front of the sixth floor of the bank’s basement and examined the lock on the door to figure out how to get inside.
…
At that moment, the surveillance monitors in the bank’s security room had returned to normal.
The security guard that Li Dexi planted suddenly discovered that the four people who had entered the elevator somehow became three after they exited!
Where did one of them go?!
He was so terrified that a cold sweat covered his body as he hurriedly found the surveillance footage and played it back.
From the timestamps, he did not find any flaws.
When Zhao Liangze froze the surveillance footage for that period of time, he had made sure that the time stamp was still moving, but the video was replaced by a still image.
Such a small operation sounded simple, but accurate execution required very advanced computer skills.
Although Li Dexi’s guard was also a computer expert, he was still a step behind Zhao Liangze and Gu Nianzhi.
He watched the footage several times but couldn’t find the reason behind what had happened.
On the surveillance screen, he clearly saw four people entering the elevator and standing inside. Five minutes later, they exited the elevator.
But just like a montage in a movie, the number of people who came out had been suddenly reduced to three.
The tallest and most powerful person had disappeared into thin air.
The guard stayed quiet for a while before finally deciding to report to Li Dexi.
“Boss, we lost someone.”
Li Dexi’s heart sank as he asked, “Who?”
“The most powerful one out of them all and your current target, Huo Shaoheng,” the man said with a trembling voice. “But I don’t know how he did it. My surveillance footage indicated that he clearly entered the elevator, but there were only three people who came out! He disappeared into thin air!”
“He disappeared into thin air? That’s impossible.” Li Dexi squinted and looked at the surveillance footage that the man had sent to him.
The surveillance footage seemed to be fine, but Li Dexi was still sure that there must have been some problems with the cameras. However, he didn’t have time to find out where the problem was.
“It’s impossible for people to disappear into thin air, and it’s even more impossible for them to fly away without wings,” Li Dexi stated, contemplating the situation deeply. “Contact the people ambushed on the sixth-floor basement and ask them to find out if there have been any additional targets that have appeared.”
Li Dexi’s judgment was very accurate. It didn’t take long for people who had gone to the sixth floor of the basement in advance to report that they saw a figure waiting on a beam.
The video and high-definition photos were sent to Li Dexi’s phone.
He saw a figure very similar to Huo Shaoheng lying prone on the dimly lit beam. He was lying behind a sniper rifle with its scope aimed directly towards the basement.
Li Dexi breathed a sigh of relief and smiled as he said, “That’s what I was expecting. Huo Shaoheng, don’t let me down.”
He gave an order, “Keep your guns aimed at his target, but don’t act rashly for the time being. Follow my orders.”
When Gu Nianzhi and the others entered the gate of the sixth floor of the basement, it would be Huo Shaoheng’s time of death.
Li Dexi didn’t want to face off against Huo Shaoheng directly.
As long as there is a chance to eliminate him, he would never forfeit the opportunity to do so.
…
Gu Nianzhi, Bai Shuang, and Zhao Liangze stood in front of the gate on the sixth floor of the basement for a while before finally opening the lock with the code they had gotten from Bai Shuang.
As soon as the door opened, a white gas emitted from the inside. It felt very chilly.
Gu Nianzhi shuddered and said in surprise, “Is this a basement or a freezer?”
Bai Shuang became excited.
She wore only a thin red dress and was the least covered of the three. However, she didn’t feel cold at all.
Pushing open the oak door covered with cowhide, Bai Shuang smiled and said, “The temperature here is just slightly lower than the temperature above ground.”
Because the bank customers liked to keep many strange objects in the safety deposit boxes, the basement had to be kept at zero degrees all year round in order to preserve the items.
Gu Nianzhi squeezed Bai Shuang’s hand tightly and stepped through the door with her.
Zhao Liangze looked around before walking in.
He also held a newly assembled pistol in his hand. It was not as powerful as Huo Shaoheng’s suppressed submachine gun, but no one within a ten-foot radius could escape his pistol.
