Chapter 200 The Light of the Rising Sun

Fu Lilian took a few deep breaths, forcing herself to calm down. She looked at Lu Zheng and Su Xiaonuan: "We need to get out of here quickly. Although the gun emplacement is temporarily on standby, there must be other alarm systems in this room that she has triggered. Support will arrive at any time."

Su Xiaonuan nodded and looked at Han Ming and Fu Lilian: "Are you... coming with us?"

Fu Lilian said without hesitation, "Let's go! I want to see her tried with my own eyes, to see her get the punishment she deserves!" She gripped the token and watch tightly in her hand.

Han Ming was silent for a few seconds, then glanced at Madam Bai, then at Fu Lilian, and finally nodded: "I'll go with you."

Staying here will only lead to certain death, or turning you into another Mrs. Bai.

He had no choice.

"Which way?" Lu Zheng asked. The elevator they came in via was one-way, and it was very likely already blocked off.

Fu Lilian held up the token in her hand: "Use this. This is the highest-level access token. Combined with her biometric key watch, it can open all the doors on this floor, including the emergency exits and the submarine cabin that leads directly to the sea." She looked at Madam Bai, her eyes icy, "The escape route she left for herself is now ours."

Madam Bai closed her eyes and stopped speaking, as if she had resigned herself to her fate, or as if she was gathering her strength, waiting for the next chance to turn the tables.

Lu Zheng didn't delay any longer. He stepped forward to check Madam Bai's injuries, performed some basic hemostasis to prevent her from bleeding to death, and then looked at Su Xiaonuan: "Can you handle this?"

Su Xiaonuan nodded and flexed her wrists: "No problem." She walked to the other side of Madam Bai, and together with Lu Zheng, they supported her from both sides. Madam Bai was much taller than Su Xiaonuan, but Su Xiaonuan's strength was clearly far beyond her appearance, and she supported her steadily.

Fu Lilian walked at the front with the token in her hand, while Han Ming brought up the rear, keeping a watchful eye on any potential dangers.

The group quickly left the office, which was filled with the smell of blood, alcohol, and braised pork.

Fu Lilian used her token and watch to open the hidden door on the side through which Su Xiaonuan had entered—and sure enough, behind it was a fully equipped small kitchen, where Su Xiaonuan had just found the ingredients.

Passing through the kitchen, there is a narrow metal passageway.

Fu Lilian clearly had some understanding of the layout of the place. She walked quickly ahead, and when she encountered a fork in the road or a gate, she used her token and watch to open it one by one.

The passageway was dimly lit, with only the emergency lights emitting a faint green glow.

The air was filled with the damp, metallic smell characteristic of deep-sea facilities.

Occasionally, they could hear the muffled alarms coming from afar, but perhaps because of the highest-level access token, they did not encounter any guards or obstacles along the way.

After walking for about ten minutes, a heavy, airtight alloy door bearing a submarine logo appeared in front of the passage.

Fu Lilian affixed the token to the recognition area and then scanned her iris with her watch.

The airtight door emitted a low rumble and slowly opened inward.

Behind the door was a small cabin containing a sleek submarine that could only accommodate a few people.

At the other end of the cabin was a huge circular observation window, outside which was the bottomless, dark blue seawater, with only some deep-sea fish with bioluminescent organs swimming slowly like ghosts.

“This is it.” Fu Lilian breathed a sigh of relief and pointed to the submarine. “This should be the emergency escape boat she prepared. It can directly surface to a designated coordinate.”

The group quickly boarded the submarine. The interior was cramped, but fully equipped.

Lu Zheng settled Madam Bai in a corner, confirming once again that she was unable to resist.

Su Xiaonuan curiously touched the sophisticated instrument panel.

Han Ming sat silently in the passenger seat, watching Fu Lilian skillfully start the engine and input the coordinates.

The submarine shuddered slightly, detached from its anchors, and slowly sailed out of the cabin, entering the boundless darkness of the deep sea.

Through the observation window, one could see the massive, deep-sea monster-like prison building silhouetted against the distance, gradually shrinking and receding under the beam of the searchlights.

The crisscrossing pipes, flashing warning lights, and glowing creatures clinging to the building's surface create a cold and eerie scene.

The submarine began to surface.

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No one spoke.

The only sounds inside the cabin were the low hum of the engine and the suppressed breathing of the passengers.

Fu Lilian focused intently on the operation, but her gaze would occasionally drift towards the porthole, as if she wanted to firmly etch the dark, deep sea that had swallowed her father and imprisoned her for many years into her mind.

Han Ming leaned back in his chair, gazing absently at the increasingly bright seawater, lost in thought.

Lu Zheng cautiously observed Madam Bai and the surrounding environment.

Su Xiaonuan sat down next to Lu Zheng, gently squeezed his hand, and gave him a reassuring look.

After an unknown amount of time, the seawater outside the porthole changed from deep blue to azure, and then to light blue...

Sudden--

"Splash!"

Submarine breaks through the sea surface!

A burst of dazzling light flooded the porthole!

It wasn't the dim red artificial light, nor the eerie green emergency light, but the real, warm, golden light of the rising sun!

The sky was a blend of pale white and rosy dawn, and the sea was tinged with a layer of shimmering gold.

The fresh, salty sea breeze seemed to be blowing in through the bulkhead.

They came out.

They emerged from that cold, dark, sinful deep-sea hell.

Han Ming stared blankly at the red sun that had just risen above the sea outside the porthole. The dazzling light made him squint slightly, but he did not look away.

Golden sunlight fell on his face, on the ends of his black hair that always carried a rebellious air, and into his peach blossom eyes that had finally shed their heavy disguises and seemed somewhat bewildered.

He suddenly felt that all of this was so real it was almost unreal.

He actually cooperated with Fu Lilian and those two policemen...?

It was successful?

An indescribable feeling, a mixture of absurdity, relief, and a lingering fear, quietly welled up in my heart.

Behind him, Madam Bai, who was handcuffed in the corner and whose face was as pale as paper, slowly opened her eyes.

She gazed out the porthole at the vast and free sea and sky she hadn't seen in a long time. Golden sunlight fell on her still-delicate face, but couldn't penetrate her unfathomable eyes.

Inside, there was only cold, solidified darkness.

Shortly after the small submarine surfaced at the designated coordinates, it was spotted and escorted by a coast guard patrol boat that had already received Lu Zheng's emergency signal and was waiting in the nearby waters.

When Lu Zheng and Su Xiaonuan escorted the injured and gloomy Madam Bai, along with Fu Lilian and Han Ming who followed closely behind with different expressions, onto the patrol boat, the coast guard officers who came to meet them all showed expressions of relief mixed with shock.

After all, it was rather surreal that Captain Lu, who had been missing for several days, would suddenly emerge from the deep sea with such a "heavyweight" criminal and two "unofficial" personnel who looked quite extraordinary.