Chapter 200 An Incident Occurred...

"Something has happened..."

Just as Gu Shen stood on the thirty-ninth floor, waiting for the elevator to ascend, Chu Ling's voice sounded once more.

This time, her voice was extremely grave.

"Someone has intervened in the command. A highly dangerous individual."

Gu Shen narrowed his eyes. Tonight was a special night. The reason he dared to infiltrate Nanwan Building and cause such a commotion was that Crow's duel at the Jiangtan had successfully provoked the anger of everyone in the Chengxin Society's Southern Hall... and with that guy's fighting strength, Chen San's so-called four adopted sons should all go to the Jiangtan.

In this situation, a highly dangerous individual... who could it be?

"Chen Mei... have you heard of this name?" The moment Chu Ling spoke, Gu Shen's heart skipped a beat.

"...Chen Mei is coming?"

Gu Shen couldn't quite understand.

Shouldn't Chen Mei be going to the Jiangtan battle?

Why would this number one fighter of the Chengxin Society's Southern Hall be in Nanwan Building?

"I linked into external surveillance... when you infiltrated the building, Chen Mei was buying coffee at a nearby convenience store. The power outage at Nanwan Building attracted the attention of the entire street, including him." Chu Ling's voice was somewhat complicated. "So Chen Mei intervened in the command."

"...This works too?"

Sweat trickled down Gu Shen's forehead.

He didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Now, he didn't know if he was lucky or unlucky. He discovered the closed-circuit mainframe on the thirty-ninth floor, but the anomaly caused by the power outage attracted the attention of an even more ruthless super-expert than Crow.

"He hasn't discovered us yet."

Chu Ling used "us" again.

"Chen Mei should have seen through your plan. He is currently mobilizing the elevators... security personnel are gathering on the first floor, and the emergency exits have been tightly guarded. This building has been manually sealed off."

Was he going to conduct a thorough inspection?

Gu Shen's expression was solemn. "There are still some staff members in this building. If I can't escape, I'll have to consider blending into the crowd, but my facial features were exposed in the initial surveillance footage. If he wants to check, he'll find me quickly."

"I've helped you erase the exposed facial information from the surveillance... but I deeply agree with your consideration." Chu Ling said, "Chen Mei's insight is extremely strong. Trying to blend into the crowd is a terrible idea. Once discovered, there will be no escape."

Hearing the first half of the sentence, Gu Shen breathed a sigh of relief.

"In this situation... do you have a feasible plan?"

"Yes."

After a pause, Chu Ling slowly said, "The change of ownership of the Deep Sea Authority must not be exposed. Helping you erase your facial features may have already aroused Chen Mei's suspicion... but now that I have taken over the building, he still needs to rely on Deep Sea's surveillance, so the last... 6 minutes, is our time to escape Nanwan Building."

Once the real "Deep Sea" system returned, he would lose his last chance.

*Clang.*

The elevator doors opened on the thirty-ninth floor.

"Although Chen Mei is mobilizing the elevators... I have concealed the true floor number of this elevator. To outsiders, it appears that this elevator is descending, but with a pause in the middle. In reality, it's stopped on the thirty-ninth floor."

Gu Shen didn't hesitate to enter the elevator.

*Buzz—*

The elevator began to descend slowly.

"Next, twelve elevators will arrive on the first floor simultaneously."

"You need to hide on top of the elevator car. I will tell you the location of the 'Sky Eyes' that I have placed in the building walls. Destroy the Sky Eyes, so that even if the authority is transferred, the Deep Sea that takes over Nanwan Building will not be able to lock onto your position in a short time."

"In the last minute before the authority disappears, I will issue a high-level alarm in Nanwan Building to attract everyone's attention... if the plan goes smoothly, Chen Mei will also be attracted."

"That will be the best moment for you to act."

Gu Shen took a deep breath.

The Jingzhe Breathing Technique activated, and his muscles tensed. He pried open the alloy top plate of the elevator car, slowly moving it to create a space for him to climb out. The wind howled, and countless cables inside the elevator shaft stretched and contracted, like a dark sea of ​​writhing snakes.

In the warm elevator, it only felt like a gentle breeze.

Standing on top of the car, however, made him feel dizzy and disoriented, as if he could be thrown off at any moment.

Gu Shen crouched down and restored the alloy plate. His face was pale, but it improved after Chihuo emerged. The rapid descent gave him a sense of weightlessness.

"See those small red dots?" Chu Ling reminded him. "Those are the 'Sky Eyes' embedded in the walls of Nanwan Building. After the authority is transferred, Deep Sea will see you immediately. Break them now."

Gu Shen held his breath, narrowed his eyes, and the Ruler of Truth transformed into a stream of light, turning into a pistol.

*Bang!*

*Bang!*

*Bang!*

Perhaps because of the support of his mental strength, Gu Shen's marksmanship was extremely accurate. Even squatting on top of the rapidly descending elevator car, he still accurately hit the targets. The faint gunshots were almost inaudible amidst the roaring wind of the elevator's descent. Those red lights shattered, turning into mottled fragments and disappearing into the dark, long shaft.

"You shoot very accurately."

Chu Ling praised seriously, but at the same time, her tone was a little regretful. "It's a pity you don't have powerful enough bullets, otherwise, you could consider taking out Chen Mei with one shot."

Gu Shen was helpless, unsure if she was teasing or being sarcastic. "Are you serious... me? Take out Chen Mei?"

"Of course! You don't seem confident?"

Chu Ling smiled. "Beyond seven steps, the gun is fast. Within seven steps, the gun is both accurate and fast. It's not uncommon to kill high-level transcendents with special bullets."

"Unless he's right under my feet... and has nowhere to hide in the elevator..." Gu Shen was about to say these words when the elevator began to slow down.

It was approaching the first floor.

With the deceleration, the original sense of weightlessness suddenly changed, and a huge pressure came over him. At this moment, Gu Shen felt as if he was carrying a thousand pounds of stone on his body. He almost flattened himself against the elevator car.

*Clang—*

The elevator reached the first floor.

Gu Shen used Chihuo to wrap his mental strength in his brow, completely concealing his aura. This trick was very effective. It worked when he was tracking Shi Li, and even the Bloodfire Master's compass didn't detect his presence.

But even so, he was still extremely nervous at this moment.

Through the faint light pouring through some gaps, he vaguely saw the scene outside the elevator. Dozens of people surrounded the first floor, guarding the emergency exits and checking for elevator anomalies.

...

...

"The elevator surveillance camera was melted by high temperature."

"There are burn marks on the elevator walls, and small, narrow holes."

Chen Mei stood in front of the twelve elevators, silently listening to the reports from the inspectors.

He was certain... if the other party was in the building, there would be absolutely no chance of escape at this moment.

As for escaping from the outside.

That would be even easier to catch... if the other party was really a transcendent, daring to jump out of a window or jump from a building, causing such a commotion, then it would take him at most half an hour to bring him to justice.

To escape, he would have to deceive him.

"No abnormalities on the first floor..."

"No abnormalities on the second floor..."

"No abnormalities on the twenty-ninth floor..."

After listening to the reports from each floor, even Chen Mei, who was certain that the other party was hiding in the building, began to waver and doubt.

Using this method of investigation, even a mosquito would have nowhere to hide.

If someone infiltrated during the building's power outage, where did he hide?

Or... was he too sensitive? Was this just a prank from beginning to end? After all, there was no evidence to prove that anyone had actually infiltrated Nanwan Building.

The surveillance footage on the thirtieth floor and above, which required authority, was all normal.

During the power outage, the identification system was paralyzed, and brute force was the only way to intrude... but these rooms were all fine.

"Building anomaly! Major accident!"

"Building anomaly! Major accident!"

An alarm suddenly rang, and a dazzling red light began to spin wildly. The alarm echoed in every corner of the building.

Chen Mei's eyes lit up.

"The thirtieth floor needs reinforcements!"

"The thirty-first floor needs reinforcements!"

"The thirty-second floor..."

The moment the alarm sounded, without any command, all the security personnel rushed towards the upper floors. This series of events mobilized manpower, causing the deployment forces originally scattered on each floor to gather in the lobby on the first floor as the elevators descended.

The building was flashing red.

Chen Mei acquiesced to these people's actions.

Including him, no one would think that the Deep Sea's alarm was wrong. And clearly, the infiltrator's true scheme was revealed at this moment. That guy was aiming for the upper floors of Nanwan Building.

Starting from the thirtieth floor, which required authority, every floor had a "major accident" that Deep Sea alerted.

In just ten seconds, all the deployments Chen Mei had left on the first floor rushed to the upper floors to assist.

He left two security guards behind to guard the first floor.

Then, he pressed the elevator button.

Chen Mei entered the elevator... he didn't press the button for any floor, but stared intently at the elevator's alloy wall that had been pierced by Chihuo.

Chen Mei reached out his hand and carefully stroked the smooth hole.

This was caused by an extremely high-temperature flame.

If the security guard code-named "9527" at the entrance was hypnotized by a mental-type transcendent.

Then, piercing the elevator's alloy wall should be the work of a natural-type ability... so, there should be two people infiltrating the building?

Or, more.

Chen Mei slowly raised his head, looking at the top of his head.

His gaze seemed to penetrate the elevator, looking at the very high altitude.

Through a layer of alloy steel.

Gu Shen, crouching on top of the elevator car, had his back drenched in cold sweat. Before, through that incredibly thin slit, he saw Chen Mei enter the elevator...

This "stare" made him unsure if he had been exposed.

With the help of Chihuo, his aura was reduced to the lowest level.

Also, with the help of Chihuo, he seemed to see everything inside the elevator.

Especially, Chen Mei's eyes.

They were a pair of hollow, emotionless dead fish eyes.

But they seemed to see through everything.

The young man in the elevator looked up.

In fact, what he was staring at... was just a very simple direction.

Above.

Was the highest floor of Nanwan Building.

Chen Mei retracted his gaze and slowly pressed the button to go to the thirty-ninth floor.